.
First Aid
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:21.03.2022 10:41:48
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | AURK_008 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Anatomy | Target Audience: | Public Health | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Indulis Vanags | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 13 Pilsonu Street, VSIA P.Stradiņa KUS, Block No 32, ark rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67069452 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 5 | Class Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 15 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 15 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Knowledge of biology at secondary school level. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To teach students how to act in emergency and life-threatening situations before the medical staff arrives. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, sequence of steps. Primary and secondary examination (survey) of the patient. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 2 | Basic resuscitation algorithm for adults, children and infants. Action in case of choking. Practical work using training mannequins. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 3 | First aid in case of bleeding and shock. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 4 | First aid for soft tissue (wounds) and musculoskeletal injuries, as well as for burns. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 5 | First aid for overheating, hypothermia (cooling of the body), frostbites and acute poisoning. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Preparation of presentation on first aid, using the recommended literature and Internet sources, followed by the evaluation and analysis during practical classes. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Exam: MCQ and an oral test, a practical examination in cardiopulmonary resuscitation using adult and children mannequins. Evaluation of the performance of resuscitation on mannequin: (1) step sequence and resuscitation algorithm; (2) primary investigation of the victim (ABC); (3) finding the right point for indirect cardiac compression and the depth of massage; (4) airway manual opening, practical realization of artificial ventilation "mouth-mouth" or "mouth-nose", the right inspiratory capacity should be reached in at least 70% of attempts; (5) practical implementation of stable lateral recovery position; (6) implementation of Heimlich method in case of choking. More than 75% of correct answers should be obtained at the theoretical pre-test. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | As a result of the study course, students will be able to perform primary survey of the victim in the pre-hospital stage, cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, will have obtained main knowledge in stopping bleeding, anti-shock measures, immobilization in cases of bone fractures, assistance in burns, overheating, hypothermia and acute poisoning. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to perform emergency care, including basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation algorithm, to recognize symptoms of clinical and biological death, evacuation of foreign body, to carry out ventilation with a manual ventilator and oxygen inhalations via facial mask, to diagnose inner and outer bleeding and to perform its suspension, as well as to demonstrate the ability to work as a team. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | To provide emergency care, primary and secondary survey of the patient at the pre-hospital stage, situation analysis providing basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other first-aid guidelines, to assess the environmental impact of physical factors on the human body and health. | ||||||||
| Clinical Skills: | |||||||||
| No. | Skill | Level | |||||||
| 1 | Bag-mask ventilation | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| 2 | Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (basic) | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| 3 | Imobilisation of upper extremity with sling | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Praktisko nodarbību materiāli un E-studiju resursi. | ||||||||
| 2 | First Aid Manual. Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2021, 288 p. | ||||||||
| 3 | Neatliekamā medicīniskā palīdzība. Atdzīvināšana. Rīga: NMPC, D. Krieviņa redakcijā. 2004, 392 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | Neatliekamā medicīniskā palīdzība. Traumas. Rīga: NMPC, D. Krieviņa redakcijā. 2001, 350 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Gavin D. Perkins, Jan-Thorsen Grasner, Federico Semeraro, Theresa Olasveengen, et al. European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021. European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021. Published by Elsevier B.V. | ||||||||
| 2 | European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2015. Resuscitation (Elsevier), 2015, 95; 1-99 pp. | ||||||||
| 3 | Klīniskā anestezioloģija un intensīvā terapija. I. Vanaga un A. Sondores redakcijā. Rīga: Medicīnas Apgāds, 2017, 1243.-1249. lpp. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http://firstaid.about.com/ | ||||||||
| 2 | http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/FirstAidIndex/ | ||||||||
