UOGD012 First Aid

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavlína Rabasová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Pavlína Rabasová, Ph.D.
Institute of Paramedical Health Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The subject has a combined theoretical-practical design. It provides knowledge and skills for providing pre-medical first aid. The student will acquire basic knowledge of first aid pertinent to various health-threatening states. Disaster medicine, emergency/resuscitation care and crisis management are also covered. The subject describes most common causes and signs of traumatic injury (e.g., head, chest and limb injuries, burns, etc.) Emphasis is placed on basic and advanced life support (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) in children and adults. On completion of the subject, the student will be orientated in clinical guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and cardiac resuscitation as issued by the European Resuscitation Council.
Syllabus
  • 1. Importance and provision of first aid, prioritizing and triage.
    2. Disaster medicine, integrated rescue system, team co-operation.
    3. Pre-medical first aid - stab wounds, gunshot injuries, slash wounds.
    4. Injuries caused by animals, snake bites. Bandaging techniques.
    5. Bleeding - external, internal, arterial, venous, mixed, shock.
    6. First aid in suffocation, drowning. Thermal injury, cold injury, electric current injury, chemical injury.
    7. Spasms, fractures.
    8. Serious trauma - head injury and central nervous system injury, spine and spinal cord injury, neck and chest injury, abdominal injury, large bone and joint injury, barotrauma.
    9. Serious emergencies in children - acute respiratory distress, febrile seizures.
    10. Basic life support and resuscitation.
    11. Monitoring health status of casualties. Positioning and transport. Intraosseous access.
    12. Precipitous birth, first aid in emergency situations.
Literature
    required literature
  • European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2015. info
  • KLEMENTA, B., KLEMENTOVÁ, O., MARCIÁN, P. Resuscitace. Olomouc: Epava, 2014. ISBN 978-80-86297-47-7. info
  • REMEŠ, R., TRNOVSKÁ, S. Praktická příručka přednemocniční urgentní medicíny. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2013. ISBN 978-80-247-4530-5. info
  • KELNAROVÁ, J. První pomoc II: pro studenty zdravotnických oborů. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2013. ISBN 978-80-247-4200-7. info
  • KELNAROVÁ, J. První pomoc I: pro studenty zdravotnických oborů. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2012. ISBN 978-80-247-4199-4. info
    recommended literature
  • TOMANOVÁ, J., Kopecký, M. Úrazy a první pomoc u dětí. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2013. ISBN 8024435063. info
  • ŠEBLOVÁ, J., KNOR, J., et al. Urgentní medicína v klinické praxi lékaře. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2013. ISBN 978-80-247-4434-6. info
  • ROBERTS, S. První pomoc na palubě. Praha: Libertas, 2011. ISBN 978-80-87383-07-0. info
  • BYDŽOVSKÝ, J. Předlékařská první pomoc. Praha: Grada, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-2334-1. info
  • POKORNÝ, J. Lékařská první pomoc. Praha: Galén, 2010. ISBN 978-80-726-2322-8. info
  • HALUZÍKOVÁ, J. Základy první pomoci. Distanční studijní opora a e-learningový kurz. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2008. URL 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 4 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
Contact hours are based on consultation of selected topics. Non-contact hours are realized via an e-learning environment available at http://elearning.fvp.slu.cz/. At the website, students can use learning materials with on-line assignments. Credits are granted upon successful completion based on a written or oral assessment where the student demonstrates knowledge of compulsory and recommended literature and discusses their on-line assignments. The student can consult the mentor concerning independently studied topics, be it in person, in group sessions or via e-mail.
Requirements for credit: credit test with a minimum of 80 % correct answers.
Requirements for examination: practical demonstration of first aid and basic life support, oral examination.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2017, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023.
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