Course: Acute and Critical Conditions

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Course title Acute and Critical Conditions
Course code KKO/P4AKS
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pařízek Jiří, MUDr.
  • Myšíková Eliška, Mgr.
  • Rabová Martina, Mgr.
Course content
Bleeding, fundamentals of infusion therapy. Shock. Parenteral and enteral nutrition. Intoxication, nosocomial infection. Care of failing organs. Brain death, the transplantation program. Tracheostomy - preparation of aids, assistance and follow-up care about a tracheostomy cannula. Invasive patient monitoring for ARO (arterial catheter, measurement of intracranial pressure, mean arterial pressure, intra-abdominal pressure).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Skills training
Learning outcomes
The aim is to acquire knowledge and skills in the area of intensive care and resuscitation care.
The student will gain basic dexterity for conducting first aid that is safe and of good quality. Students will know individual steps of an urgent admission including securement of respiratory pathways. Furthermore, they will know fundamentals of treatment of severe bleeding and fundamentals of anaesthesiology and of urgent resuscitation.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

Completion of compulsory 80% attendance at the practicum sessions. Completion of practical credit. Successful completion of an oral examination.
Recommended literature
  • Adamus, M. Základy anesteziologie, intenzivní medicíny a léčby bolesti. Vydavatelství Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci, 2011.
  • DOSTÁL, P. a kol. Základy umělé plicní ventilace. 3. vyd. Praha: Maxdorf, 2014.
  • EVROPSKÁ RADA PRO RESUSCITACI. Kapesní vydání doporučených postupů v resuscitaci 2005 a nová doporučení z r. 2015 na stránkách ČRR. 2015.
  • MÁLEK, J. a kol. Praktická anesteziologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-80247-3642-6.


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