1. Subject of discipline "Life safety" and its place in the general system of training.
Life safety is a branch of scientific knowledge, covering the theory and practice of protecting people from dangerous, danger and damaging factors in all spheres of human activity, and the preservation of health and safety in the habitat. This discipline solves the following main tasks:
studies methods and means of identification (identification and quantitative evaluation) negative impacts of habitat;
introduces students to the principles of protection against dangers and prevent exposure of some of the negative factors on a person;
reveals the essence eliminate the negative effects of dangerous, harmful and damaging factors;
offers ways to create a normal, ie, a comfortable living environment and of human activities.
The integral indicator of safety of life is life duration. In the early stages of anthropogenesis it was about 25-30 years. Then a man influenced mainly natural danger character of geophysical processes, climatic conditions, low protein diet and others.
The development of civilization, which refers to the progress of science, technology, economy, industrialization of agriculture, the use of different types of energy, create machines, the use of various types of fertilizers and pest control, significantly increases the dangers that affect on people. An important element in human life is its protection against negative influences.
Throughout the existence of the human population, developing the economy and create social and economic security. Therefore, despite the increase in the number of harmful effects, the level of human security increased. Today, the average life duration in most developed countries is about 77 years.
Through the influence of nature, laws which have not yet fully known, creating new technology, people form an artificial habitat - technosphere. If you consider that the moral and general development of civilization behind the pace of scientific and technological progress, it becomes apparent increased risk to the health and life of modern man. According to WHO, for example, deaths from accidents ranked third after cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Accidents claim the lives of young, able-bodied people. Injuries are the leading cause of death for people aged 2 to 41 years. Yes, every year in Ukraine in accidents and disasters killed dozens and injured hundreds of thousands. This is associated with an increased risk in all spheres of human activity. The course "Life safety" is designed to help students understand the complex relationships of the human body with the environment. Human impact on the environment, in accordance with the laws of physics, summon the opposition of all its components. The human body is not exposed to these or those influences until they do not exceed the limits of adaptation.
Discipline "Life safety" examines security in everyday life, at work, in the environment, as well as in emergencies in peacetime and wartime.
Life safety is a set of knowledge and rules of behavior, which fosters the health, longevity, disclosing human creativity, provide optimal conditions for the existence of humanity on planet Earth.
Life safety studies danger patterns of their manifestations, methods of prevention and protection from them.
Life safety on the basis of a systematic approach develops the rules of human behavior, as a member of society and citizen of planet Earth; recommendations to prevent negative effects on the environment and emergencies.
