UOGK012 First Aid

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petra Šimánková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lucie Mráčková
Institute of Paramedical Health Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Mgr. Veronika Slováček Hagenová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(K)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields 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.
Learning outcomes
Professional knowledge: the student can describe the causes and symptoms of selected accident and non-accident health damaging conditions and can explain the principles of first aid. The student can define recommended CPR procedures and describe the importance of the integrated rescue system and crisis management. The student is able to provide effective first aid and CPR for selected traumatic and non-traumatic health damaging conditions. General competence. Upon completion of the course, the learner will be familiar with the problems of first aid and CPR. In further study and clinical practice, the learner will deepen and improve his/her knowledge and skills.
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
  • TRUHLÁŘ, A., et al. Anesteziologie. Resuscitation, 2021, 161: 1-60.
  • HALUZÍKOVÁ, Jana. Základy první pomoci a přednemocniční péče. Praha: GRADA Publishing, 2023. ISBN 978-80-271-1739-0.
  • HALUZÍKOVÁ, Jana. První pomoc. 2. aktual.vyd. 2022. 178 s.
    recommended literature
  • MIXA, V., HEINIGE, P., VOBRUBA, V. (eds.) et al. Dětská přednemocniční a urgentní péče. Praha: Mladá fronta a. s., 2017. ISBN 978-80-204-4643-5. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, presentation, critical thinking methods, role play, instruction, demonstration, discussion, self-study.
Assessment methods
0/20/0. 1 kr. Completion: z. Contact teaching (lecture, presentation, critical thinking methods, role-playing, instruction, demonstration, discussion, self-study) is conducted by a system of consultations on selected topics. The combined part of the study is carried out in an e-learning course on the e-portal http://elearning.fvp.slu.cz/. For teaching, the students are provided with study aids including correspondence assignments. The student will be able to continuously consult individually studied topics of the course through individual or group consultations or e-mail. Completion of 80% attendance in class, demonstration of activity, theoretical and practical knowledge continuously during the course of the course (a student who, for serious reasons, is unable to attend the compulsory class will be assigned an alternative way of fulfilling the study requirements by the instructor). Credit: oral and practical verification of professional knowledge and skills. Examination: written test, 80% pass rate, oral verification of knowledge.
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. The student can consult the mentor concerning independently studied topics, be it in person, in group sessions or via e-mail.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2024.
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