The readiness of the Czech army members to provide first aid in a dangerous environment.

This master thesis is focused on the issue of providing first aid in combat conditions according to the principles of Tactical Combat Casualty Care. The centerpiece is a chapter on the TCCC program, which is supposed to provide medical training for all soldiers and medical personnel. The TCCC program is designed to be simple and effective for all staff to use. Every member of the army should thus be able, even with limited material resources, to keep a soldier alive even in his most demanding conditions at least for the necessary time. The aim of this thesis was to map how the members of the Czech Army are prepared to provide first aid in a dangerous environment. The second objective was to map their knowledge in providing first aid in a dangerous environment, reflecting the effectiveness and efficiency of medical training of members of the Czech Army. Qualitative methods were used to achieve the objectives. The research part consisted of non-standardized questionnaires, which served to evaluate the medical training and to verify the knowledge of the Czech Army members in providing first aid according to the TCCC principles. The second part of the research was supplemented by semi-structured interviews with non-medical medical staff of the units. The results show that medical training does not fully comply with the current concept of training of units of the Czech Army and other documents. It is also evident from the research that members of the Czech Army should be educated more on the theoretical level in relation to the provision of first aid according to the TCCC principles, as the awareness of this issue appeared to be minimal. The obtained knowledge will be used both by unit medics leading medical training and by unit commanders who organise medical training and can thus avoid the mentioned deficiencies. Furthermore, the findings can also be used by all other members of the Army of the Czech Republic who are interested in the issue in question and want to find a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of information

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Readiness acute inpatient care providers to receive the bulk admission of disabled people during an emergency

The theoretical part is focused on mass accidents involving persons with impairment. Within individual chapters I focused on providers of acute care, as well as on the providers of emergency medical services because those two institutes work closely together in the case of emergency event and contribute together on the solution of consequences. In chapter of basic terms I have mentioned the key terminology in accordance with actual legislation and I have outlined the importance of emergency preparedness in health care. Hereafter I have tried to give a brief overview of the approach of emergency medical services and solutions on site. The summary also included the possibility of sorting of people with impairment. Main topic is a discussion of the subsequent connection between emergency medical services and providers of acute care as well as the actual method of mass income of persons with impairment to a medical facility. The aim of the thesis was to plot preparedness the providers of acute care for a possible mass income of disabled persons, which included existence of preliminary measures, methods, preparation and realization of tactical (or auditing) exercise of organizations etc. The second aim of the thesis was focused on the evaluation of the current state of preparedness of acute inpatient care at mass income of disabled people, reflecting the effectiveness of the adopted precautions. This was mainly mapping clarity of the theoretical background in the cases of emergencies involving high amount of disabled persons from the perspective of an ordinary medical personnel performing their profession in the emergency department. Above-mentioned department serves as contact point of a hospital when an extraordinary event occurs, and its staff is naturally predetermined to act as first choice solution. The research also focused on the medical staff knowledge of approaches to dealing with emergencies and its participation in the auditing and tactical exercises. Qualitative research was used in order to achieve defined goals. Semi structured interviews with emergency department paramedics were used. The research showed that the preparation of providers of acute care for an extraordinary event with mass disabled persons is organized in cooperation with emergency medical services in terms of auditing or tactical exercises. At least two exercises per year are carried out, which is ideal in accordance with the general principles of participation of medical organizations in exercises of the Integrated Rescue System. The results refer to the fact that the participation of medical personnel in seminars should be mandatory and human resources management should take in mind in order to prevent non-uniform level of preparedness of medical staff in case of accident involving persons with impairment. The research also shows that knowledgebase - regarding those emergencies; of medical personnel is insufficient and therefore education at least theoretical level should be done. Acquired knowledge can be used for emergency department personnel but can also be used by other departments participating on emergencies that can involve persons with impairment. Employees could draw mainly from theoretical knowledge in the form of self-education