Construction of knowledge in first aid: an experience report

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Objective: to build, along with teachers and students, moments of reflection and exchange of knowledge about behaviors and skills in the management of rescue base in order to assist in the training of multipliers of actions for the preservation of life and to raise awareness of the importance of supportive care in the construction of citizenship. Methodology: this is a report of experience in health education, conducted with the students in the eighth grade of elementary school, and teachers in public schools located in a municipality of northwestern region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul/BR, in 2006. The proposal is guided in working in groups, whereas the environmental group promotes the exchange of ideas between the subject and awareness of the potential of this group for social transformation. Results: the activities involved an exchange of knowledge and experience from the problematization of everyday situations to find solutions to possible problems ahead that require conduct of emergency, respecting previous knowledge and is facilitating the seizure of new knowledge. Conclusion: it is believed that education for the supportive care is a strategy for citizen training and processing, as it involves social actors in the production and preservation of individual and collective health and allows the creation of healthy environments. Descriptors: education health; first aid; health promotion.