Practical Training in Basic Level Emergency Care (8 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

Viikot 47-51

Objective

Objectives
• Gain further proficiency in determining the need for, planning, administering and evaluating specialized, demanding emergency care
• Understand the systematic examination of patients (ABCDE), know how to assess, under supervision, the patient’s general condition, make a preliminary diagnosis, and plan the treatment and location for further treatment
• Learn to support and provide guidance to patients and their family members
• Deepen their ability to interact professionally and engage in a care relationship with people of different ages and from different cultural backgrounds
• Learn to make decisions requiring emergency care expertise in cooperation with the patient and other professional groups, as well as to support the patient’s resources to promote the patient’s health
• Master the CRM principles and know how to follow it in emergency care teams
• Understand the ethics and fundamental values of emergency care and base their actions on current knowledge
• Deepen their pharmacotherapy competence in different fields of emergency care (medication passport)
• Master the systematic and appropriate documentation and reporting of patient information (ISBAR) in different contexts
• Learn to communicate with emergency care personnel and other professionals (incl. VIRVE communication)
• Deepen their competence in infection prevention and in compliance with aseptic principles

Content

Contents:
• Determining the need for, planning, administering and evaluating specialized, demanding emergency care
• Systematical examination of patients (ABCDE), making a preliminary diagnosis
• Support and guidance to patients and their family members
• Professional interaction in a care relationship with people of different ages and from different cultural backgrounds.
• Decisions requiring emergency care expertise in cooperation with the patient and other professional groups, support the patient’s resources to promote their health
• Overall assessment of situation, making a preliminary diagnosis and planning the care needed by the patient and place of further treatment
• Principles of CRM and their implementation in emergency care
• Ethics of emergency care and its fundamental values and actions based on up-to-date information
• Pharmacotherapy competence in different fields of emergency care (medication passport)
• Documentation and reporting of patient information (ISBAR) in different contexts
• Communication with emergency care personnel and other professionals (incl. VIRVE communication)
• Infection prevention and using aseptic techniques

Teaching methods

Käytännön harjoittelu työelämässä: hoitotason ambulanssi

Completion alternatives

Ei

Student workload

1op = 27h