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Diagnostical Methods and Instruments of Urgent Medicine

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Course Unit Code450-8414/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
BOR0079Ing. Bc. Jiří Borovička
STE0448PhDr. Pavlína Štěpánová
Summary
Summary of in use biomedical technology in before-in-patient and urgent hospital care.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Obtaining view about apparatuses used at RZP, UP, JIP and ARO. Fast identification of basic user's errors and their prevention.
Course Contents
- Basic biological signals in medicine
- Processing of biological signals from a technical point of view
- ECG, defibrillators (outer, inner, biphasic)
- Monitoring vital signs
- Artificial ventilation, suction
- Means for transporting patients
- Means to prevent hypothermia
- The specifics of monitoring in pediatric practice

Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
REICHMAN, Eric F. Emergency medicine procedures. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2013, xxiv, 1271 p. ISBN 9780071613521.
Handl,Z. Monitorování pacientů v anesteziologii, resuscitaci a intenzivní péči - vybrané kapitoly, IDV PZ 2002
Recommended Reading:
Pocket prescriber emergency medicine / edited by Anthony F.T. Brown, Timothy R.J. Nicholson, and Donald R.J. Singer. -- Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2013. -- xxix, 320 p.
ATKINSON, Paul, Richard KENDALL a Lee VAN RENSBURG. Emergency medicine: an illustrated colour text. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, 2010, xi, 181 p. ISBN 9780443069628
Svatoš,J. Biologické signály I, ČVUT 1995

Pasečný,J. Technika v PNP
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Experimental work in labs
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluation and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        Exercises evaluationCredit10 10
        ExaminationExamination90 41