26 hod., optionally

1. Introduction. Safety and state security policy, security advice. Overview of the basic legislation in the sphere of security policy and procedures to be followed in the case of an emergency.
2. The basic legislation in the field of IP, environmental protection, and emergency planning.
3. Safety and danger, threat and risk. Identification of sources of risk. Dangers and hazards related to an object or event. Behaviour and experience in extreme situations. Age criteria, vulnerable groups in society.
4. The decision-making process, mistakes and errors in decision making. Decision-making under risk and uncertainty.
5. Individual and group behaviour. Crowd psychology. Model behaviour. Aggression, anxiety and fear as responses to stressful situations, altruism and absence of help. The basis and causes of stress, stressors and defensive mechanisms.
6. Psychological burden. Personal potential and the perception of stress in stressful situations.
7. PTSD: causes, symptoms, development.
8. Specific threatening situations. Attacks, kidnapping and hostage-taking.
9. Personality and risky behaviour. The motivations behind human behaviour. Pathological forms of behaviour.
10. Groups of people under greater threat in traumatic situations.
11. Communication in difficult situations, non-verbal communication. Mediation as a method of conflict resolution.
12. Ways of helping victims. Victims – harmed individuals. Behaviour of victims when under threat.
13. Prevention. Types of preventive measures. Prediction. The importance of external and internal factors in the emergence of risky behaviour.