Course: First Aid

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Course title First Aid
Course code KF/PPF5
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Cmorej Patrik Christian, PhDr. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Libešová Lucie, Mgr.
Course content
Seminar Topics: Week 1: Integrated rescue system, the organization of pre-hospital emergency care. General principles and procedures for providing first aid, emergency resuscitation algorithm for an adult and a child. Week 2: Crisis management, disaster medicine, legislation. Excursion: - Emergency helicopter + Operation Centre Week 3: Head injury. Unconsciousness. Practical training: cardiopulmonary resuscitation for an adult and a child. Week 4: Injuries of the spine, joints and bones. The most common injuries among children and adults. Week 5: Abdominal and chest injuries. Bleeding. Shock states. Practical training. Week 6: The effects of heat and cold and their influence on a human body. Burns. Injuries affected by electric shock. Poisoning. Week 7: First aid for sudden internal states. Week 8: Dressing and bandage tools, treatment of wounds, stopping bleeding. Week 9: Crush syndrome. Blast Syndrome. Immobilization techniques. The position of the injured. Transporting. Week 10: Drowning. Choking. Anaphylactic shock. Injuries made by to animals, insects.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
Students will learn the basics of First Aid. In theoretical lessons, we will focus on getting the knowledge of the states which can threaten a human life, especially to restoring essential body functions. In practical seminars, students will learn first aid for life saving operations, to perform symptomatic treatment, to stop bleeding, to fix fractures, to treat different types of wounds and to perform the positioning of the wounded.
Subject Knowledge: Student can explain basic First Aid concepts, and also describe First Aid principles. Subject Skills: Student can practically perform a preliminary examination of the victim at the accident site - practically perform first aid procedures (airway securing, indirect cardiac massage), - practically perform symptomatic precaution by an individual state, - practically perform stopping of individual types of bleeding, - practically perform treatment of individual wounds and bloodless injuries, - practically perform treatment of fractures, bones and joints injuries, sport injuries, - practically perform recovery and anti-shock position.
Prerequisites
Conditional subject was not determined.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Credit requirement: 85% seminar attendance and 80% passiong rate in a written test. Examination requirements: practical demonstration of a particular procedure including explaning its theoretical reasons.
Recommended literature
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