450-2088/02 – First Aid and Disaster Medicine (PPaMK)
Gurantor department | Department of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering | Credits | 2 |
Subject guarantor | doc. MUDr. Leopold Pleva, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | doc. MUDr. Leopold Pleva, CSc. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 2 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | English |
Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | FEI | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master, Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Managing essential emergency procedures and measures in case of a sudden deterioration in health due to illness or injury. First aid in situations of imminent threat to life. Orientation in legal and organizational issues of first aid.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Experimental work in labs
Summary
The subject is conceived as a theoretical and practical whole. It focuses on the description and provision of first aid for basic traumatic and non-traumatic conditions with the highest occurrence incidence. Emphasis is placed on conditions endangering basic vital functions and subsequent cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The practical part of the lesson includes first aid exercises. Furthermore, first aid in situations of imminent threat to life and familiarization with the issue of providing health care during disasters. Disaster Medicine, introduction to general characteristics and addressing emergencies and crisis situations. Organization of accidental care in the Czech Republic. Orientation in legal and organizational issues of first aid.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
90% attendance at the subject,
passing a written test successfully - the lower limit is 85% of the correct answers.
E-learning
Other requirements
There are not defined other requirements for student
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
First aid
1. General principles of first aid, security of aid, basic first-aid procedures, change in health status
2. Emergency calls for health impairment
3. Assessment of basic life functions
4. First aid for unconsciousness
5. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (children / adults)
6. Shock conditions
7. Basic trauma (wounds and bleeding, head injuries, chest injury, abdominal injuries, limb injuries, spinal and spinal cord injuries)
8. Thermal trauma
9. First aid for intoxication
10. Basic non-traumatic conditions (acute myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident, epilepsy, asthmatic attack, etc.)
Disaster Medicine
1. Terminology and typology of disasters
2. Diagnostic and medical treatment of injured at the disaster site and in the hospital facility
3. Chemical and biological damage
4. Principles of treatment, special equipment, decontamination, prevention of disease spread
5. Radiation damage, risk of radiation accidents and leaks
6. War surgery
7. Types of injuries in mass disasters and catastrophes
8. Classification of injured and damage control surgery in the treatment of critical injuries
Labs
1. First aid kit, equipment and use
2. Dressing materials and techniques, wound healing and bleeding, immobilization
3. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (children / adults), AED, aspiration materials
4. Positioning of the disabled, transport possibilities
5. Work in simulated cases
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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