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History of medical emergency services in the Czech Republic
Závadová, Irena ; Kulhavá, Miluše (advisor) ; Jankovcová, Kateřina (referee)
The work focuses on a historical development of the institute of emergency services as coordinated activities, including development of the personnel and materially-technical provision, legal anchoring and development of field prestige, including the latter-day prestige, with a focus on the territory of the Czech Republic. Therefore, the aim was therefore to map out each period in terms of providing coordinated emergency activities, describe their legal definition in time and record the personnel and materially-technical equipment. Qualitative research investigation using historical analysis together with a study of historical sources, including quantitative survey research for objectification of the data obtained from a questionnaire survey, mapping public opinion not only to the prestige of the field itself, but also through questions corresponding with this area was used for identification of the aforementioned objectives. The work shows a summary of events set in a historical framework, leading to foundation of the first emergency and rescue service facilities, including their further development. From this point of view, it presents not only the individual periods, but also the providers of these activities. It presents development of the legal definition of emergency services as well as...
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Nutrition in Geriatric Palliative Care
Vodičková, Věra ; Meisnerová, Eva (advisor) ; Závadová, Irena (referee)
- 1 - Abstract Geriatric palliative care integrates two medical disciplines, namely geriatrics, focused on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases specific to the elderly, and palliative care, which is a comprehensive, active and qualified approach aimed at improving the quality of life of patients and their families in a situation where they suffer life-threatening illnesses. Palliative care is realized through multidisciplinary teams and a nutrition specialist is one of the most important specialization in the care of frail geriatric patients, even though its position in teams is still not firmly established. This work is dedicated to nutrition specialists, aims to introduce them into the issue of geriatric palliative care and to help them with a complex perception of the patients and the application of a palliative approach into nutritional care. It also deals in detail with anorexia and dysphagia, two of the frequent and major symptoms that we encounter in frail geriatric patients. The nutrition specialists can best try to solve these problems. The work should also help other professionals who are involved in providing palliative care, understanding the role of nutrition specialist and its effective use to improve the quality of patient's life. The empirical part describes a case report of almost one...
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