Course: First Aid Course

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Course title First Aid Course
Course code USP/Z1KPP
Organizational form of instruction Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Plisková Barbora, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
- History, importance and providing of first aid. - Integrated rescue system and its components. - Positions and transport of the wounded. - First aid equipment. - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ERC 2015). - Shock. - Stop bleeding and types of wounds. - Thermal injuries. - Fractures. Dressing technique. - Injuries to the head, neck, spine, chest and abdomen. Polytrauma. - Intoxication, chemical damage. - Non-accidental acute conditions. - Acute conditions of chronic diseases. - First aid in emergencies.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing), Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization), Practice exercises
  • Preparation for course credit - 20 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 28 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 12 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
unspecified
unspecified
learning outcomes
characterise the changes in the human body during sudden health-threatening events
characterise the changes in the human body during sudden health-threatening events
describe the principles and organisation of intensive rescue care
describe the principles and organisation of intensive rescue care
categorise and characterise the different types of first aid
categorise and characterise the different types of first aid
define the legislation and laws relating to providing or nonproviding first aid
define the legislation and laws relating to providing or nonproviding first aid
ensure health and safety, including the basic physiological needs of pupils
ensure health and safety, including the basic physiological needs of pupils
Skills
call for professional medical assistance
call for professional medical assistance
check basic vital signs - consciousness, spontaneous breathing and cardiac activity
check basic vital signs - consciousness, spontaneous breathing and cardiac activity
place unconscious persons who have maintained adequate breathing in the recovery position
place unconscious persons who have maintained adequate breathing in the recovery position
clear the airway and initiate cardiopulmonary resuscitation
clear the airway and initiate cardiopulmonary resuscitation
clear the airway if a foreign body is inhaled
clear the airway if a foreign body is inhaled
stop bleeding from wounds
stop bleeding from wounds
teaching methods
Knowledge
Practice exercises
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Practice exercises
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
assessment methods
Analysis of the student's performance
Analysis of the student's performance
Didactic test
Didactic test
Recommended literature
  • Časopis pro neodkladnou lékařskou péči - Urgentní medicína.
  • Beed, M., Sherman, R., & Mahajan, R. P. Emergencies in critical care. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2013.
  • Belejová, H. První pomoc "Kdy jindy než teď, kdo jiný než Ty?".
  • Dobiáš, V. 5P - Prvá pomoc pre pokročilých poskytovateľov. Dixit, 2017.
  • Lejsek, J. a kol. První pomoc.
  • Moravčíková, D., & Snopek, P. Analysis of the Teacher's Work with Ill Children. European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences. 2015.
  • Plisková, B., & Snopek, P. Rozvoj klíčových kompetencí studentů ve zdravotnické problematice. Zlín: Nakladatelství UTB, 2018.
  • Truhlář, A. Doporučené postupy pro resuscitaci ERC 2015: Souhrn doporučení. České Budějovice: MEDIPRAX CB s.r.o., 2015.


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