Os conhecimentos sobre prevenção de afogamentos e primeiros socorros nos cursos de formação de profissionais da educação física na UNU-ESEFFEGO/UEG

Abstract

The object of this research is the initial training of Physical Education professionals, considering the role to be played in drowning prevention and first aid, and the need for these themes to be addressed during graduation. The conscience of the teacher who intervenes in spaces of aquatic pratices such as swimming, must be that prevention is the best tool in the fight against drowning and the high numbers of victims generated when this event occurs, which is classified by the International Code of Diseases (ICD 10). The objetive of this monografic work is to analyze whether, during graduation, the university has given theoretical, methodological and pratical support in relation to knowledge about drowning prevention and first aid in initial in Physical Education courses. We will also seek to asses whether the course ́s guiding documents, PPCs ( Pedagogical Projects for Licentiate and Bachelor ́s Degree Course ́s) and teaching plans for the subjects (menu), point to a correlation with the contentes worked and knowledge about drowning and/or first aid in general. This reasearch continues to be historical, descriptive, documentar, bibliographical, establishing as information gathering techniques the semi-structured interview carried out whith the professor of the course and the questionnaire Applied to academics, whith data processing guided by contente analysis. Finally, we emphasize that most students os the physical education course stated that they did not know how to intervence in the event of any complications involving drowning, and most reported that they did not access this information at college. Keywords: Initial Formation. Drowning. First Aid. Professional Performance