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First Aid and Disaster Medicine

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Course Unit Code450-2088/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated2 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
The subject is conceived as a theoretical and practical whole. It focuses on the description and provision of first aid for basic traumatic and non-traumatic conditions with the highest occurrence incidence. Emphasis is placed on conditions endangering basic vital functions and subsequent cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The practical part of the lesson includes first aid exercises. Furthermore, first aid in situations of imminent threat to life and familiarization with the issue of providing health care during disasters. Disaster Medicine, introduction to general characteristics and addressing emergencies and crisis situations. Organization of accidental care in the Czech Republic. Orientation in legal and organizational issues of first aid.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Managing essential emergency procedures and measures in case of a sudden deterioration in health due to illness or injury. First aid in situations of imminent threat to life. Orientation in legal and organizational issues of first aid.
Course Contents
First aid
1. General principles of first aid, security of aid, basic first-aid procedures, change in health status
2. Emergency calls for health impairment
3. Assessment of basic life functions
4. First aid for unconsciousness
5. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (children / adults)
6. Shock conditions
7. Basic trauma (wounds and bleeding, head injuries, chest injury, abdominal injuries, limb injuries, spinal and spinal cord injuries)
8. Thermal trauma
9. First aid for intoxication
10. Basic non-traumatic conditions (acute myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident, epilepsy, asthmatic attack, etc.)
Disaster Medicine
1. Terminology and typology of disasters
2. Diagnostic and medical treatment of injured at the disaster site and in the hospital facility
3. Chemical and biological damage
4. Principles of treatment, special equipment, decontamination, prevention of disease spread
5. Radiation damage, risk of radiation accidents and leaks
6. War surgery
7. Types of injuries in mass disasters and catastrophes
8. Classification of injured and damage control surgery in the treatment of critical injuries

Labs
1. First aid kit, equipment and use
2. Dressing materials and techniques, wound healing and bleeding, immobilization
3. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (children / adults), AED, aspiration materials
4. Positioning of the disabled, transport possibilities
5. Work in simulated cases
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
CONSTANTINO, Maria. The first-aid handbook. Leicester: Silverdale Books, 2003, 256 s. ISBN 1856057348
HOGAN, David E. Disaster Medicine. 2nd Editíon. Kluwer, LWW. ISBN-13: 978-0781762625
BYDŽOVSKÝ, Jan. Předlékařská první pomoc. Praha: Grada, 2011. Zdraví & životní styl. ISBN 9788024723341.
EUROPEAN RESUSCITATION COUNCIL A ČESKÁ RESUSCITAČNÍ. Urgentní medicína. Doporučené postupy pro resuscitaci ERC 2015. 18, 2015, Sv. Mimořádné vydání, ISSN 1212-1924.
FRANĚK, Ondřej, Petra SUKUPOVÁ a Viliam DOBIÁŠ. První pomoc nejsou žádné čáry--, --ale dokáže zázraky!: minipříručka první pomoci. Česko: O. Franěk, c2009. ISBN 978-80-254-5911-9.
PSENNEROVÁ, Sabina. Praktická cvičení z první pomoci. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě, Zdravotně sociální fakulta, 2007. ISBN 9788073684631.
PETRŽELA, Michal. První pomoc pro každého. 2., doplněné vydání. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2016. ISBN 978-80-247-5556-4.
Dostálová J., První Pomoc I., 1 vydání, Ostrava 2005, ISBN 80-7042-356-0 Bydřovský, J.První pomoc. 1. vyd, Praha: Grada Publishing, 2001. ISBN 80- 047-0099-9.
Ertlová, F. - Mucha, J. Přednemocniční neodkladná péče. 1. vyd. Brno: IDV PZ 2000. ISBN 80-7013-300-7.
Štětina, J a kol. Zdravotnictví a integrovaný záchranný systém při hromadných neštěstích a katastrofách. 1. vyd. Praha : Grada Publishing, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-4578-7.
Neklapilová, V., Pleva, L. Medicína katastrof. Ostrava : Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě. 1. vyd. 2014, 248 s. ISB978-80-7464-521-1.
AUSTIN, Margaret, Rudy CRAWFORD a Vivien J. ARMSTRONG. First aid manual: the authorised manual of St John Ambulance, St Andrew's First Aid and the British Red Cross. 10th ed. London: Dorling Kindersley, 2014
Recommended Reading:
First aid: manual. 9th revised ed. London: Dorling Kindersley, 2011, 288 s. ISBN 9781405362146
MOORHEAD, Sue. Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC): measurement of health outcomes. 5th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier, c2013, xix, 751 s. ISBN 9780323100106
Ciottone's Disaster Medicine. 2nd Edition. Elsevier, 2015. ISBN-13: 978-0323286657.
Drábková, J. Medicína naléhavých a kritických stavů. Brno: 1.vyd. IDV PZ 1989
Drábková,J., Malá,H. Vademekum novinek neodkladné péče. Praha: 1.vyd., Grada Publishing, 1999. ISBN 80-7169-693-5.
Ciottone's Disaster Medicine. 2nd Edition. Elsevier, 2015. ISBN-13: 978-0323286657.
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
CreditCredit100 51