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Advanced Level Emergency Nursing (10 cr)

Code: 7041167-3006

General information


Enrollment

02.12.2022 - 31.01.2023

Timing

01.01.2023 - 31.07.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

10 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Emergency Care

Teachers

  • Jaana Koskela
  • Jani Paulin
  • Lasse Putko

Groups

  • PENHOS20

Objective

ADVANCED LEVEL EMERGENCY CARE 10 CRAdvanced Level Emergency Nursing 7 cr HTEHObjectivesStudents willLearn to make a preliminary diagnosis independently and to act accordinglyLearn to operate in compliance with the principles of CRM and to manage teams in emergency care situationsUnderstand the principles of inter-authority cooperation in challenging cases of advanced level emergency careLearn to take environmental safety risks into consideration and ensure operating safety in special emergency care situationsLearn to document emergency care, communicate through the authority network and follow the appropriate notification and reporting procedures to secure the continuity of careKnow where to find medically reliable information and how to safely apply the latest medical and pharmacological information for advanced-level emergency care.Become familiar with advanced-level drugs, their use and contraindications, mechanisms of action, side effects and adverse effects (medication passport)Learn to explain the grounds for ethical choices made in emergency careDevelop their ability to assess situations in which refraining from providing care is justified by the patient’s best interestsBecome familiar with the authorities’ fields of management and responsibilities in different types of accidentsKnow how to classify patients in major accidentsUnderstand the significance of leadership and management in nursingUnderstand the role of electronic service systems in the assessment of a patient’s condition and administration of treatmentLearn to follow good work community practices in changing health care operating environments

Content

ContentsInterviewing patients of different ages, performing examinations, making preliminary diagnoses and providing palliative emergency care in demanding situationsExamination, monitoring and care equipment for advanced level emergency care and its safe usePrinciples of CRMInter-authority cooperation, VIRVEEnvironmental safety risks and the securing of operating safetyTaking the lead in situationsThe authorities’ fields of management and responsibilities in different types of accidentsDocumentation of treatment and reporting proceduresAdvanced level pharmacotherapy (medication passport).Ethically special cases of emergency careAseptic techniques in emergency careEmergency Medicine 2 cr EHLÄObjectivesStudents willBecome familiar with the most common acute illnesses, deteriorating patient conditions and injuries that call for urgent care and transport to the location of further treatment, as well as related out-of-hospital care and care during transportNeurology 1 cr NEURStudents willBecome familiar with the most common neurological disorders that call for urgent emergency care and transport to further treatment

Evaluation scale

H-5