BZMK021p Medicine of disasters - lecture

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Lenka Šrahulková (lecturer)
Gabriela Rozínková (assistant), Mgr. Michal Pospíšil (deputy)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Michal Pospíšil
Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Mgr. Michal Pospíšil
Supplier department: Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites (in Czech)
BZUM0151p Emerg. med. for rescuers - l && BZUM0151c Emerg.med. for rescuers I - p
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course prepares students, future paramedics, both theoretically and practically to deal with emergencies with a preponderance of medical issues in the pre-hospital and early hospital phase. It also prepares students for cooperation within the Integrated Rescue System of the Czech Republic.
Learning outcomes
- The student can verbally describe an extraordinary event and its basic characteristic aspects; - The student demonstrates knowledge of the individual components of the IZS; - The student can triage the wounded using the START method in a simulated environment; - The student is able to deal with emergencies in the field from the perspective of an IZS paramedic; the student demonstrates this skill through a project activity
Syllabus
  • General part - development, position and role of disaster medicine in the contemporary world, state security policy, crisis planning and emergency preparedness of health care, Healthcare rescue chain. Integrated Rescue System as a tool for coordination of activities of rescue services in dealing with emergencies and Type activities defining specific procedures and interaction of its basic components. Recommended procedures for dealing with, the distinction between emergency medicine (UM) and disaster medicine (DM) procedures, the distinction between procedures used in treating an individual and procedures used in dealing with an emergency (MU) with prevalence of medical issues, in mass health disability (MHD). Preparation for dealing with HPZ by members of the medical emergency service call-out team in the pre-hospital phase and the procedure for dealing with it by emergency department teams and others, at the entrance of hospitals. All within the recommended procedures of the Society of Emergency and Disaster Medicine. The substance will be discussed in a clear step-by-step manner. Initial contact with MU, estimating the scope and activation of trauma plans, telecommunications technologies used, The activities of the first emergency medical services crew at the MU site and the organization of the emergency medical services intervention, Patient triage and rescheduling procedure, need for lay pre-sort START, Structure, location, preparation and organization of the assembly area (dressing area) of the affected, Organization of staged treatment (minimum acceptable treatment) and removal of the affected, Point of contact of hospitals, receiving reports of MU, activation of trauma plan, Release of bed capacity of target and other hospital wards, Routing patients to separate admissions according to severity of disability, Organization at individual admissions, tasks of the chief physician and head of the NICU, Procedure for re-sorting, registration and identification of disabled patients at admissions, Procedure if decontamination is required before entering the hospital, Organization of care during mass admission of patients with use of small trauma units, Procedure for examination and staged to definitive treatment of patients, Organization of the placement of patients in one, maximum two target wards, Basic knowledge of medical devices, Cooperation within the IZS, necessary interaction of the Fire Brigade and the Police. Summary, examples of incidents and solutions, organization of ongoing IZS exercises.
Teaching methods
Recommended literature ŠTĚTINA, Jiří. Medicína katastrof a hromadných neštěstí. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2000, 429 s. ISBN 8071696889. info doporučená literatura ŠÍN, Robin. Medicína katastrof. První vydání. Praha: Galén, 2017, 351 stran. ISBN 9788074922954. info URBÁNEK, Pavel, Antonín KOUKAL a Martin DOLEČEK. Evakuace nemocnice - je někdo skutečně připraven? Urgentní medicína. České Budějovice: Mediprax CB, 2015, roč. 18, č. 4, s. 6-11. ISSN 1212-1924. info URBÁNEK, Pavel. Řešení mimořádných událostí s převahou zdravotnické problematiky a potřebná součinnost při zásahu IZS. Textová opora ke kurzu. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 76 s. ISBN 978-80-210-6790-5. info neurčeno URBÁNEK, Pavel. HPZ – první a rozhodující minuty zásahu ZZS, BULÍKOVÁ, Táňa. Medicína katastrof. Martin: Osveta, 2011, 390 s. ISBN 9788080633615. info
Assessment methods
Lecture, discussion, analysis of case studies. colloquium: oral verification of knowledge, project activity
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 28.
The course is also listed under the following terms spring 2023, spring 2024.
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