Security Day at the Silesian University of Technology
How to provide first aid, how to react in a situation of danger, when and what services to call for help – these and other questions were answered during the Security Day organized at the Silesian University of Technology. Participants could test their skills in practice. This initiative is part of the Security Week, which is the University’s response to the recent tragic events at the University of Warsaw.
Visitors could visit the stands of AGAT Military Unit – Gliwice, the OSH Inspectorate of the Silesian University of Technology, the Department of Safety Engineering, the Student Science Club “Office of the Uninhibited Need to Inform About Safety”, the Academic Guard, the District Labour Inspectorate, the Academy of Physical Education in Katowice, the District Sanitary and Epidemiological Station in Gliwice and the Municipal Guard in Gliwice.
“- Our University ensures the safety of employees, PhD students and students, but we wanted to remind participants how we do it. We have academic guards, there are 23 defibrillators at the University, but you need to know where they are and how to use them. Awareness of certain behaviours is also important, which is why today we invited many partners, many services that show how to react in critical situations” - says the Rector of the Silesian University of Technology, Prof. Dr Hab. Eng. Marek Pawełczyk. “- Psychological support for people who have certain problems in life is also an important aspect, early reaction can protect these people and all of us from misfortune.”
The Department of Safety Engineering of the Faculty of Mining, Safety Engineering and Industrial Automation taught how to behave safely using modern technologies. Thanks to VR goggles, it was possible to find oneself in situations related to life threatening or requiring immediate reaction.
- “We present over 20 applications related to safety, first aid. On a daily basis, we cooperate with various services, which is why we also present equipment used, among others, in medical or mountain rescue” - says Dr Maja Taraszkiewicz-Lyda from the Department of Safety Engineering.
In addition, the participants could take advantage of legal advice on legal protection of the employment relationship, legality of employment and technical safety at work, provided by specialists from the Regional Labour Inspectorate. In turn, employees of the Academy of Physical Education in Katowice presented self-defence techniques in situations of threat in public space.
“-We wanted to talk to the participants about personal safety, because when suddenly our health or life is in danger, we have to rely on our own skills in the first moments. The same is the case when we want to help someone before the arrival of appropriate services” – explains Dr Bartosz Głowacki from the Academy of Physical Education in Katowice.
On this important day, representatives of the Academic Guard of the Silesian University of Technology were also present.
“-We have an internal security service at our University that works around the clock. These are employees who have the right to use means of direct coercion” – explains Teofil Marcinkowski, Head of the Academic Guard of the Silesian University of Technology, noting that on a daily basis the guards perform mainly patrol service, paying attention to inappropriate behaviour.
The event was attended by a lot of people who admitted that it was an interesting and important initiative.
“- I learned a lot of things that can be useful in life, whether it’s in protecting myself or others,” one student said. – Some of the stands were very interesting, like the fire department’s one, where I could check the reaction time using alkogogles.
It is worth noting that at the Silesian University of Technology there is a 24-hour emergency number of the Academic Guard (32 400 30 30).
Text Anna Świderska, Martin Huć.
Photos Maciej Mutwil.
