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Critical Care in the Prehospital Environment (10 cr)

Code: SX00EC82-3002

General information


Enrollment

06.05.2024 - 19.05.2024

Timing

12.08.2024 - 18.10.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

10 op

Virtual portion

3 op

Mode of delivery

70 % Contact teaching, 30 % Distance learning

Unit

School of Health Care

Campus

Myllypurontie 1

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 35

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Emergency Care

Teachers

  • Jukka Kettunen
  • Sami Mikkonen
  • Janni Koski
  • Satu Lindgren
  • Ari-Pekka Åker

Teacher in charge

Jukka Kettunen

Groups

  • SXK21K1
    Ensihoidon tutkinto-ohjelma, päivä

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

Materials

Kts. OMAn työtila "Ensihoidon valtakunnallinen tentti" > Tenttimateriaali

Moodlen työtilassa lisämateriaalia.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Lab sessions
Simulations
Independent studies

Exam schedules

Valtakunnalliset tentit 4.9, 2.10, 6.11. ja 27.11.
Käytännön testaukset aina tenttien jälkeisellä viikolla erillisellä varauksella, jos tentti on läpäisty.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

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

Assessment methods and criteria

Valtakunnallisen tentin läpäisyraja 70%. Tentistä lisätietoja OMAn työtilassa "Ensihoidon valtakunnallinen tentti":

Prerequisites

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.