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Experiencing an air transport by the patients.
GROULÍKOVÁ, Markéta
Abstract The topic of this undergraduate thesis is experiencing an air transport by the patients. It is undisputable that every change of state of health means a great change for everyone and has a negative impact on one´s psyche. The goal of my thesis was to find out how the patients experience an air transport to a hospital. The particular aims of my thesis were to investigate if the patients are informed about the air transport beforehand, whether they are afraid of the take off or the landing, what the patients find most unpleasant during the transport, if the crew seems professional to the patients. Also the following hypotheses were defined: H1 {--} the fear from the transport differs from the fear from severe state of health, H2 {--} women tend to be more afraid than men. In order to obtain larger amount of information about this problem, I included in the research group men and women of broader age spectrum. The research group was represented by ten respondents. Among these respondents there were not only patients transported from one hospital to another {--} secondary transport, but also patients transported directly from the terrain to a medical institution. A semi-structured interwiew oriented on information and feelings of each respondent was conducted. The interviews proceeded in two stages. The first stage of the interview was carried out before the patient´s transport to a hospital. The second part of the questions was dealt with after the arrival at a heliport. The results of the interviews were compiled in ten casuistries. The hypothesis H1 was affirmed. The hypothesis H2 was not affirmed. The aims of the research were fulfilled. In the thesis it was pointed out that the patients air transported to a hospital are most worried about their state of health and long term hospitalization. The fear from the flight itself is smaller. The results of the thesis prove that the patients are informed about the air transport by a doctor. The patients expect more information from the doctor. The patients were satisfied with the crew but lacked information about the length of the flight. The undergraduate thesis could be used as a source of information for doctors, nurses and paramedics who deal with the patients transported to a hospital by a helicopter. They can help the patients improve experiencing an air transport by providing them with more information concerning the transport by a helicopter.

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