LF:aVLPO011p First Aid - lecture

aVLPO011p First Aid - lecture

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2017

Extent and Intensity

1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

MUDr. Lukáš Dadák, Ph.D.
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care – Institutions shared with St. Anne's Faculty Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: MUDr. Lukáš Dadák, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care – Institutions shared with St. Anne's Faculty Hospital – Faculty of Medicine

Timetable

Wed 12:10–13:00 B11/334

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

General Medicine (eng.) (programme LF, M-VL)
General Medicine (programme LF, M-VL) (2)

Course objectives

At the end of this course, students should be able to: understand basic vital signs; provide Basic Cardiac Life Support according to ERC guidelines; provide first aid including wound dressing, vital signs monitoring and transport.

Learning outcomes

Student will be able to:
- carry out primary and secondary survay of the patient;
- show 1 minute of basic life support on the model of adult;
- show 1 minute of basic life support on the model of child;
- to provide first aid to the unconscious and conscious victim.
- communicate with the conscious patient.

Syllabus

Introduction to First Aid. The rescuer's safety. Access to the disabled. Chain of survival. Rights and obligations. Basic Life Support, Automated External Defibrilator, Forain Body Airway Obstruction, Mask ventilation, quality of survival.
Basic Life Support of children, laryngitis, epiglotitis.
Disorders of consciousness, convulsions, stroke, diabetes complications.
Bleeding including specific situations.
Head injuries (face, eye, teeth), neck and spine.
Chest and abdominal injuries.
Injuries of limbs and pelvis.
Shock - hypovolemic, anaphylactic, haemorrhagic.
Damage to heat, cold, electric current.
Drowning, accidents in nature (animals, lightning), hanging
Common medical problems (fever, diarrhea, vomiting, pain (abdominal, chest, head), meningitis, asthma).
Intoxication, drugs, mental disorders.

Literature

recommended literature

AUSTIN, Margaret, Rudy CRAWFORD and Barry KLAASSEN. First aid manual : the Authorised Manual of St John Ambulance, St Andrew's First Aid and the British Red Cross. Revised 10th edition. London: DK, 2016, 288 stran. ISBN 9780241241233. info

not specified

First aid : manual. 10th ed. London: Dorling Kindersley, 2014, 288 s. ISBN 9781409342007. info

Bookmarks

https://is.muni.cz/ln/tag/LF:aVLPO011p!

Teaching methods

We use lectures, class discussion and simmulation with debriefing.

Assessment methods

Oral exam.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2018, autumn 2019, autumn 2020, autumn 2021, autumn 2022, autumn 2023, autumn 2024.

Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2017, recent)
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