FVP:UOSK011 First Aid and Disaster Medicin - Course Information

UOSK011 First Aid and Disaster Medicine

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Michaela Skořupová (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Jana Haluzíková, Ph.D.
Institute of Paramedical Health Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives

The course is designed as theoretical-practical. It teaches knowledge and skills for giving pre-medical first aid. The students acquire basic knowledge of first aid principles for various health-threatening conditions. The course includes knowledge of disaster medicine, urgent care and crisis management. The course describes most common causes and symptoms of injuries (e.g. head injury, chest injury, limb injury, burns and other). The main focus is on basic and extended cardiopulmonary resuscitation of children and adults. After finishing the course, the student will be well informed about recommended guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and cardiac resuscitation issued by European committee for resuscitation.

Syllabus

• 1. Significance and giving first aid, determining priorities.
  2. Disaster medicine, integrated emergency system, team cooperation.
  3. Pre-medical first aid - stab wounds, gunshot wounds, slash wounds.
  4. Injury by animals, snake bites. Basics of dressing wounds technique.
  5. Bleeding - internal, external, arterial, venous, mixed, shock conditions.
  6. First aid for suffocating, drowning. Injury by heat, cold, electric current, chemical substances.
  7. Seizures, fractures.
  8. Serious injuries - head and central nervous system, spine and spinal cord, chest, abdomen, large bones and joints and pressure injuries.
  9. Serious acute conditions of children - acute breathing deficiency, febrile spasms.
  10. Principles of urgent resuscitation.
  11. Monitoring of injured person's condition. Positioning and transport of the injured.
  12. Precipitous childbirth, first aid in states of emergency.

Literature

recommended literature
• EVROPSKÁ RADA PRO RESUSCITACI (EUROPEAN RESUSCITATION COUNCIL). Kapesní vydání doporučených postupů v resuscitaci 2005. 1. české vyd. Elsevier, 2006. info
• ŠTĚTINA, J. - A SPOL. Medicína katastrof a hromadných neštěstí. Praha: Grada, 2000, 436 s., ISBN 80-7169-688-9. info
• ŠANTA, M. - A KOL. Prvá pomoc.1. vyd. Osveta: Martin, 2006. info
• SCHEINAROVÁ, A. První pomoc. 3. vyd. Olomouc: UP, 2004. info
• BERÁNKOVÁ, M. - FLEKOVÁ, A. - A KOL. První pomoc.1. vyd. Informatorium: Praha, 2002. info
• ERTLOVÁ, F.- MUCHA, J. Přednemocniční neodkladná péče. Brno: IDV PZ, 2000. info
• HALUZÍKOVÁ, J. Základy první pomoci. Distanční studijní opora a e-learningový kurz. info
• NOVOTNÝ, Z. Problematika týraných dětí. Distanční studijní opora a e-learningový kurz. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2012. URL info
• ČÍŽKOVÁ, Š. Somatologie - Distanční studijní opora a e-learningový kurz. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2012. URL info

not specified
• DRÁBKOVÁ, J. Akutní stavy v první linii. Praha: Grada, 1997. info
• DRÁBKOVÁ, J. Medicína naléhavých a kritických stavů. Brno: IDV PZ, 1992. ISBN 80-7013-115-2. info
• DRÁBKOVÁ, J. Vademekum novinek neodkladné péče. Praha: Grada, 1999. ISBN 80-7169-693-5. info
• PACHL,J., ROUBÍK, K. Základy anesteziologie a resuscitační péče dospělých a dětí. UK Praha: Karolinum, 2003. ISBN 80-246-0479-5. info

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Cvičení 5 HOD/SEM.

Teacher's information

Written test.
Practical skills exam.
Oral exam.

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