Course: Basics of the First Aid in Biomedical Branches

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Course title Basics of the First Aid in Biomedical Branches
Course code FZS/ZPPT
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
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Cvachovec Karel, prof. MUDr. CSc., MBA
  • Jindříšek Zdeněk, Mgr. DiS.
Course content
Lectures: 1) General principles of first aid; distribution of first aid; first aid procedure; ensuring the safety of the injured and the rescuer, examining the injured, providing first aid, RZP, ensuring permanent supervision, recording information, transport and ensuring transport 2) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in adults and children (primary and advanced), indirect cardiac massage, defibrillation, use of AED, artificial respiration, airway management and artificial lung ventilation; circulatory failure; respiratory disorder; emergency resuscitation in special events 3) Drowning; hanging and strangling; electric shock; intoxication; shock, its distribution; rule 5T; bleeding, division of external and internal bleeding, general principles 4) Open wounds, wound splitting, traumatic amputations, special types of wounds, bite, snake bite, insect bite, poisoning, unconscious, disabled with consciousness; elimination methods 5) Thermal injuries; burns; burns; cold damage; injuries to the brain and skull, spinal cord and spine, chest, abdomen, bones and joints; mass injury 6) Consciousness and seizures: unconsciousness, collapse, syncope, delirium, seizures; respiratory insufficiency: shortness of breath, asphyxia, aspiration, pneumothorax and others 7) Urgent conditions in internal disciplines: stroke, diabetes mellitus, anaphylaxis, cardiology and others; urgent first aid procedures; ethical problems in providing first aid Exercises: 1) First aid procedure, patient examination, transport 2) Basic and widespread cardiopulmonary resuscitation in adults and children 3) First aid for external and internal bleeding, anti-shock measures, electric shock 4) First aid for open injuries, amputations, treatment of acute wounds 5) First aid in an intoxicated patient, first aid in the treatment of burns and cold damage 6) First aid for brain and skull, spinal cord and spine injuries, consciousness disorders and convulsions 7) First aid for respiratory insufficiency and urgent conditions in internal medicine

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming), Demonstration
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes of the course unit The subject acquaints with clinical conditions, which can immediately endanger human life, with the basics of first aid in the field, treatment, specific life-saving procedures and patient care in the departments of acute admission, resuscitation and intensive care.
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
Didactic test

Classified credit: - compulsory attendance at exercises, - written credit test, - oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • DOBIÁŠ, Viliam. Klinická propedeutika v urgentní medicíně. Praha: Grada, 2013. ISBN 978-80-247-4571-8.
  • 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.
  • KOLEKTIV AUTORŮ. European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2015. Resuscitation.. 2015.
  • 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.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Biomedical Technology (12) Category: Special and interdisciplinary fields 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer