Critical Care in the Prehospital EnvironmentLaajuus (10 cr)

Objective

The student:
- is able to apply occupational and patient safety issues in prehospital care
- deepens his knowledge and skills in the prehospital care of different patient groups
- is introduced to more demanding and rare prehospital care incidents
- is able to justify his decisions from a emergency medical perspective
- broadens his knowledge to different medical specialties and their prehospital care possibilities in the future
- broadens his knowledge in the EMS provided home services and how they are produced
- is able to apply his acute care knowledge in the prehospital environment

Content

- anesthesiology and advanced airway and ventilation management
- traumatology and critical trauma patients in prehospital care
- cardiology and advanced ECG interpretation
- neurology in prehospital care
- pediatrics in prehospital care
- safe prehospital delivery
- advanced pharmaceuticals in prehospital care
- EMS provided home services
- deeper knowledge on acute and prehospital care
- national EMS testing

Qualifications

A minimum of 90 credits of clinical nursing studies.
Acute and prehospital emergency care competence.
The student and tutor teacher go through other recommended studies in the HOPS discussions.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

See the attachment "Framework for evaluation criteria of competence"
Evaluating competences evaluation criteria expert level is used.