030-0012/01 – Emergency Survival (NP)
| Gurantor department | Department of Fire Protection | Credits | 3 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Ondřej Zavila, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Ondřej Zavila, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Optional |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2007/2008 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FBI | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Student should be able to apply acquired theoretical knowledge.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Summary
Subject is defined to be the basic course of survival in emergency situation.
Locality: Czech Republic;
Situation: Piece time;
Time to survive: up to 1 or 2 weeks.
Subject is not assumed to be a military course.
Student should acquire basic theoretical knowledge and also a few practical skills of survival in wild nature and urban regions.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
The condition is the active participation of the student in classes.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Survival mental preparation (individual, group) – starvation, dry, stress, disorientation, …;
2. Motivation to survive;
3. Orientation in unknown terrain;
4. Meteorology basics in nature;
5. How to find the way to civilization;
6. Primary needs:
6.1. Water (methods of getting water, filtering and storage);
6.2. Meal (methods of getting meal, preparation and storage);
6.3. Warm (the way of protection against cold, heat and humidity);
7. Human physiology in extreme conditions;
7.1. Effect of cold + defense;
7.2. Effect of heat + defense;
7.3. Effect of humidity + defense;
7.4. Lack of oxygen + defense;
8. Meeting danger savage (wild animal) and defense;
9. First aid;
10. Basic needs and equipment for survival;
11. Specifics of survival with children, pensioners and physical untrained people.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction