Course: Intensive Medicine and Nursing

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Course title Intensive Medicine and Nursing
Course code UZV/EO6IP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Hůsková Jitka, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Gabrhelík Tomáš, doc. MUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures - Specification of the subject, disciplinary and interdisciplinary terminology (RZP, ICU, ARD, KJ)- 1 hour - Basic therapeutic and nursing steps for children and adults with a serious breathing disorder. A module of artificial lung ventilation - 1 hour - Basic therapeutic steps for children and adults with a blood circulation disorder, cardiostimulation, defibration - 1 hour - Basic therapeutic steps for children and adults with a serious disorder of internal environment. Complete intra venous nutrition - 1 hour - Basic therapeutic steps for children and adults with symptoms of multi-organ failure and polytrauma - 1 hour - Oddities of intensive care for acute infectious diseases and intoxication - 1 hour - Basic therapeutic steps with children and adults with serous disorder CNS. Care for cadaveric doner. Ethical difficulties of intensive care (prognosis, donorship, principles of care for the critically ill - 1 hour. Class Practice - Characteristics of a care unit, requirements for nurses' education, specifics of nursing and nurse's work at ARD and ICU - 1 hour - Admission of an ill or wounded patient at the Emergency and ARD/ICU - 1 hour - Nursing documentation at the ARD/ICU departments. Score systems - 1 hour - Care and hygiene for respiratory tracts, a module of an artificial lung ventilation; an intubation of the ill with help of endotracheal or nasal cannula and tracheal intubation, laryngeal mask, tracheostomy cannula- 3 hours - Basic medication influencing cardiovascular system's activity. Preparation, the actual course and care for the ill after a planned cardioversion. Specific nursing activities at cardiology ICU - 1 hour - Infusion therapy and its diversification. Complete intravenous nutrition. Specifics of nursing care for providing enteral nutrition - 2 hours - - Specifics of nursing care for acute infectious diseases and intoxication; probing and stomach irrigation. Taking of biological material for toxicology examination - 1 hour - Oddities of intensive nursing care for wounded CNS. Specifics of nursing care for patients with implemented ICP probes - 1 hour - Specific nursing care for cadaveric donor - 1 hour - Training at ARD and ICU departments - 3 hours

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
learning outcomes
Knowledge
describe the specifics of caring for a critically ill patient in an intensive care environment with failure of basic vital functions
describe the specifics of caring for a critically ill patient in an intensive care environment with failure of basic vital functions
explain the basic procedures in anesthesia
explain the basic procedures in anesthesia
explain basic treatment procedures for selected life-threatening conditions in intensive care
explain basic treatment procedures for selected life-threatening conditions in intensive care
describe the basics of artificial lung ventilation
describe the basics of artificial lung ventilation
clarify the basic monitoring of vital functions in intensive care
clarify the basic monitoring of vital functions in intensive care
Skills
initiate and perform emergency actions during extended resuscitation (including assistance with securing the airway and artificial pulmonary ventilation)
initiate and perform emergency actions during extended resuscitation (including assistance with securing the airway and artificial pulmonary ventilation)
implement the basics of specialized nursing care for a patient in intensive care
implement the basics of specialized nursing care for a patient in intensive care
perform basic and safe care for invasive inputs in intensive care
perform basic and safe care for invasive inputs in intensive care
evaluate monitored vital signs and record in the intensive care environment
evaluate monitored vital signs and record in the intensive care environment
ensure and clarify the specifics of the application of medicinal products (especially vasoactive drugs) in an intensive care
ensure and clarify the specifics of the application of medicinal products (especially vasoactive drugs) in an intensive care
apply enteral and parenteral nutrition in intensive care
apply enteral and parenteral nutrition in intensive care
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecturing
Lecturing
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
assessment methods
Didactic test
Didactic test
Recommended literature
  • Urgentní medicína a webové stránky ČSARIM.
  • BARTŮNĚK, P. a kol. Vybrané kapitoly z intenzivní péče. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2016.
  • CREED, F. a J. HARGREAVES. Oxford Handbook of Critical Care Nursing. 2nd. Ed.. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2016.
  • DOSTÁL, P. Základy umělé plicní ventilace. Praha. 2018.
  • DRÁBKOVÁ, J. Následná intenzivní péče. Praha : Mladá fronta, 2018. ISBN 9788020444707.
  • FENDRYCHOVÁ, J. Základní ošetřovatelské postupy v péči o novorozence. Praha: Grada. 2011.
  • FREI, J. Vybrané znalosti pro nelékaře: KPR 2021 a další témata intenzivní péče.. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita v Plzni, 2022. ISBN 978-80-261-0604-3.
  • HABERL, R. EKG do kapsy. 2012.
  • HERDMAN, T. H., KAMITSURU, S. (eds.). Ošetřovatelské diagnózy: definice a klasifikace 2018-2020. Prah: Grada, 2020.
  • CHARVÁT, J. Žilní vstupy: dlouhodobé a střednědobé. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2016.
  • KAPOUNOVÁ, G. Ošetřovatelství v intenzívní péči. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2007.
  • KAPOUNOVÁ, G. Ošetřovatelství v intenzivní péči.. Praha: Grada, 2020. ISBN 978-80-271-0130-6.
  • KLIMEŠOVÁ, L. a J. KLIMEŠ. Umělá plicní ventilace. Brno: Národní centrum ošetřovatelství a nelékařských zdravotnických oborů, 2011.
  • MALÁSKA, J. a kol. Intenzivní medicína v praxi. Praha. 2020.
  • SOVOVÁ, E., J. SEDLÁŘOVÁ a kol. Kardiologie pro obor ošetřovatelství. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2014.
  • STEINLAUF., B. Právo a péče v závěru života : rozhodování na pomezí intenzivní medicíny a paliativní péče. Praha : Wolters Kluwer. 2022.
  • ŠÁLKOVÁ, J. Intenzivní péče v porodní asistenci. Praha: Grada. 2021.
  • ŠEVČÍK, P. a M. MATĚJOVIČ, ed. Intenzivní medicína. Praha: Galén, 2014.
  • TOMOVÁ, Š., KŘIVKOVÁ, J. Komunikace s pacientem v intenzivní péči. Praha: Grada. 2016.
  • ZEMANOVÁ, J. Základy anesteziologie. Brno, NCO NZO. 2021.


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