Critical Care in the Prehospital Environment (10 ECTS)

Learning outcomes

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

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.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Lab sessions
Simulations
Independent studies
National emergency care exam + practical skill evaluation

Location and time

Course is scheluded to autumn semester 2025 and will include interactive lectures, independent studying and assignments and studies in Myllypuro campus.

Learning materials and recommended literature

Literaturelist for national emergency care exam can be found from OMA > Ensihoidon tutkinto-ohjelma -työtila > Ensihoidon valtakunnallinen tentti > Dokumentit > Ohjeita ja tenttikirjallisuus

Moodle > Ensihoidon erityisosaaminen (no need for course key)

Other materials from lecturers

Alternative completion methods of implementation

No optional methods

Internship and working life connections

Cooperation with working life in terms of lectures and practicing.
No clinical practice.

Exam dates and retake possibilities

Information for national emergency care exam (schedules, registration etc.) can be found from OMA > Ensihoidon tutkinto-ohjelma -työtila > Ensihoidon valtakunnallinen tentti > Dokumentit

International connections

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Student workload

1 etc = 27 hours of student work

Total amount of student work 135 hours = 5 etc

Content scheduling

Autumn 2025 or during individual schedule.
Course needs to be completed before graduating date.

Further information for students

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Assessment methods and criteria

- Countinuous feedback and self evaluation during the course
- Feedback and assessment after practical skill evaluation
- National emergency care exam is passed by 70 % of total points (variates)

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.