O conhecimento do profissional de educação física sobre primeiros socorros na sala de musculação

Abstract

This article aims to verify if the physical education professionals working in the weight room are able to perform first aid if necessary. Methodology: For this, a bibliographic research was carried out, as well as a field research with the professionals who work in bodybuilding academies, through a questionnaire containing 13 objective questions about their formation and performance in first aid cases. Results: It was observed that most professionals are male, aged between 25 and 30 years, most have no specialization, the time of graduation was from 1 to 5 years, all said they had knowledge about first aid and obtained the knowledge at graduation. Conclusion: From what has been researched it can be seen that the professionals mostly relied on the discipline of first aid in their undergraduate, or even took courses to complement their knowledge, and generally feel safe to do the procedures of first aid if necessary.