Course: Pre-Hospital Care and Aid

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Course title Pre-Hospital Care and Aid
Course code FZS/PPP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Cvachovec Karel, prof. MUDr. CSc., MBA
Course content
Lectures: 1) Basic emergency resuscitation; call for technical assistance, communication with the operations center; procedure after arrival of professional assistance 2) Basic emergency resuscitation - emergency resuscitation of children; use automated external defibrillation 3) Shock, anti-shock measures 4) First aid for thermal trauma, electric shock, chemical trauma 5) Bleeding (arterial, venous, capillary; external, internal), haemostasis 6) First aid in selected non-traumatic emergency conditions 7) Mass disaster procedure, CBRN, transport techniques Exercises: 1) Basic emergency resuscitation of an adult 2) Basic emergency resuscitation of the child; use of AED in CPR and external defibrillation 3) Basics of dressing technique, emergency first aid for bleeding 4) First aid for musculoskeletal injuries - sprains, dislocations, fractures, fixation, manipulation with the handicapped, improvised transport 5) Model situations: sudden non-traumatic disorders of consciousness (vasovagal collapse, arrhythmia, urgent conditions in diabetes mellitus) 6) Model situations: seizures - epilepsy, febrile seizures; intoxication) 7) Pharmacies used in first aid

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Practicum
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes of the course unit The subject provides an overview of the principles and procedures of providing emergency first aid with special attention to the procedures for the failure of basic vital functions and life threatening situations. The course also includes situations of mass occurrence of the victims in crisis situations and emergencies, including CBRN. Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to independently diagnose the failure of basic vital functions, identify the states of immediate life threat, perform basic emergency resuscitation and provide emergency first aid.
Students obtain knowledge in given course in accordance with requirements and course programme.
Prerequisites
Preconditions are frased in the annotation of the course and in the curriculum of the studying programme.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Written exam

Classified credit: - compulsory attendance at exercises, - written credit test, - oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • Guidelines ERC - 2015: European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation.
  • DOBIÁŠ, V. Klinická propedeutika v urgentní medicíně. Praha: Grada, 2021. ISBN 978-80-271-3020-7.
  • FREI, Jiří. Akutní stavy pro nelékaře. Plzeň: Západočeská univerzita v Plzni, 2015. ISBN 978-80-261-0498-8.
  • KELNAROVÁ, Jarmila. První pomoc I: pro studenty zdravotnických oborů. Praha: Grada, 2012. ISBN 978-80-247-4199-4.
  • KOLEKTOV AUTORŮ. Sestra a urgentní stavy. Praha: Grada, 2009. ISBN 978-80-247-2548-2.
  • LEJSEK, Jan, Petr RŮŽIČKA a Jan BUREŠ. První pomoc. Praha: Karolinum, 2010. ISBN 978-80-246-1845-6.
  • POKORNÝ, Jan. Lékařská první pomoc. Praha: Galén, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7262-322-8.
  • POLÁK, Martin. Urgentní příjem: nejčastější znaky, příznaky a nemoci na oddělení urgentního příjmu. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2016. ISBN 978-80-204-3939-0.
  • REMEŠ, Roman a Silvia TRNOVSKÁ. Praktická příručka přednemocniční urgentní medicíny. Praha: Grada, 2013. ISBN 978-80-247-4530-5.
  • ŠEBLOVÁ, Jana a Jiří KNOR. Urgentní medicína v klinické praxi lékaře. Praha: Grada, 2013. ISBN 978-80-247-4434-6.
  • TÖRÖK, Pavol. Zásady transportu kriticky chorých a pacientov s obehovou a ventilačnou podporou v záchranárskej praxi. Martin: Osveta, 2015. ISBN 978-80-8063-434-6.
  • TRUHLÁŘ, Anatolij a kol. Doporučené postupy pro resuscitaci ERC 2015: souhrn doporučení. Urgentní medicína.. 2015.
  • VILÁŠEK, Josef, FIALA Miloš a David VONDRÁŠEK. Integrovaný záchranný systém ČR na počátku 21. století. Praha: Karolinum, 2014. ISBN 978-80-246-2477-8.


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