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First Aid, Ethics and Psychology in Health Care

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Course Unit Code450-4092/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
Level of Course Unit *Second 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
BUZ0024PhDr. Radka Bužgová, Ph.D.
KOZ0251PhDr. Radka Kozáková, Ph.D.
Summary
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. The subject is also conceived as a theoretical and practical unit. He is familiar with the issues of general psychology, developmental psychology, social psychology and medical psychology. It deals with the role of psychological states in the area of diagnostic and therapeutic activities, the provision of psychological assistance to patients during treatment and the treatment of chronic diseases. These principles of psychology are based on ethical and legal norms, with the meaning of mandatory confidentiality and patient rights, the principles of communicating truth to the patient and the principles of ethical code in the health care system.
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. The subject is also conceived as a theoretical and practical unit. He is familiar with the issues of general psychology, developmental psychology, social psychology and medical psychology. It deals with the role of psychological states in the area of diagnostic and therapeutic activities, the provision of psychological assistance to patients during treatment and the treatment of chronic diseases. These principles of psychology are based on ethical and legal norms, with the meaning of mandatory confidentiality and patient rights, the principles of communicating truth to the patient and the principles of ethical code in the health care system.
Course Contents
First aid
1. General principles of first aid, emergency call, rescue chain

Disaster Medicine
2. Terminology and typology of disasters
3. Diagnostic and medical treatment of injured persons at the disaster site and in hospital facilities
4. Chemical and biological damage
5. Principles of treatment, special equipment, decontamination, prevention of disease spread
6. Radiation damage, risk of radiation accidents and leakage
7. War surgery
8. Types of injury in case of mass disasters and disasters
9. Classification of injured and method of damage control surgery in the treatment of critical injuries

Communication, psychology, ethics
1.-2. Introduction to general psychology.
3-4. Introduction to Social Psychology.
5-6. Introduction to Developmental Psychology.
7-8. Introduction to Medical Psychology.
9. The subject of ethics, the importance of ethics for a health worker. Contemporary Ethics. Sources of Medical Ethics: The Hippocratic Oath and the Jewish-Christian Tradition (Moral Christian Ten).
10. Ethical aspects of medical practice. Ethical duties of a health worker.
11. Relationship between legal and ethical standards (right to information, duty of confidentiality).
12. Patient rights.
13. Ethical aspects of communication.
14. Verbal communication. Paralingism, Communication barriers.
15. Rules of Effective Communication, Nonverbal Communication.
16. Empathy. Active listening. Devaluation and evaluation in communication.
17. Communication in multidisciplinary team, Telephone and electronic communication.
18. Communication with the patient\'s family - information, legal aspects, mandatory confidentiality.
19. Communication with children. Communication with seniors. Communicating with patients with dementia.
20. Communicating with an aggressive patient. Communicating with patients with visual impairment. Communicating with patients with hearing impairment.

Exercises
1. Model situation of the general examination of the affected person.
2. Model situation of on-site training of the organization + activation of the rescue chain
3. Model situation with application of dressing techniques using dressing material available from the first aid kit + improvisation.
4. Model situation Treatment of massive external haemorrhage.
5. Model situations for the use of blister bandages
6. Model situations for the use of wound transport techniques.
7. Model situations for positioning disabled - basic positions.
8. Model situations for the practice of cardiopulmonary resuscitation of adults.
9. Model situations for the practice of cardiopulmonary resuscitation of children.
10. Model situation for AED use.
11. Model situation of suction techniques training.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
1. Health care ethics : critical issues for the 21st century. Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett, c2009. xiv, 441 s. ISBN 9780763745264
2. CONSTANTINO, Maria. The first-aid handbook. Leicester: Silverdale Books, 2003, 256 s. ISBN 1856057348
1. 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.
2. Ertlová, F. - Mucha, J. Přednemocniční neodkladná péče. 1. vyd. Brno: IDV PZ 2000. ISBN 80-7013-300-7.
3. BUŽGOVÁ, R. Etika ve zdravotnictví. Ostrava: OU, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7368-501-0.
4. HAŠKOVCOVÁ, H. Lékařská etika. Praha: Galén, 2. vyd., 2002. ISBN 80-7262-132-7.
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Recommended Reading:
1. Alan Cribb. Health and the good society : setting healthcare ethics in social context. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2005.xiv, 236 s. 9780199242733.
2. Linda Brannon, Jess Feist. Health psychology : an introduction to behavior and health. Belmont : Wadsworth, c2004. xxii, 593 s. : il. ISBN 0534506003
3. First aid: manual. 9th revised ed. London: Dorling Kindersley, 2011, 288 s. ISBN 9781405362146
4. MOORHEAD, Sue. Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC): measurement of health outcomes. 5th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier, c2013, xix, 751 s. ISBN 9780323100106
1. Drábková, J. Medicína naléhavých a kritických stavů. Brno: 1.vyd. IDV PZ 1989
2. Drábková,J., Malá,H. Vademekum novinek neodkladné péče. Praha: 1.vyd., Grada Publishing, 1999. ISBN 80-7169-693-5.
3. Zeleníková. Komunikace v ošetřovatelství. Ostrava, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7464-550-1.
4. Křivohlavý, J. Neverbální komunikace. Řeč pohledů, úsměvů a gest. Praha, 1988.
5. Křivohlavý, J. Rozhovor lékaře s pacientem. IDVPZ, Brno, 1995.
6. De Vito, J. A. Základy mezilidské komunikace. Praha: Grada, 2008.
7. POKORNÁ, A. Efektivní komunikační techniky v ošetřovatelství. Brno: NCO NZO, 2006. ISBN 80-7013-440-2.
8. Nakonečný, M. Motivace lidského chování. Praha: Academia, 2004.
9. Nakonečný, M. Sociální psychologie. praha, 1999.
10. Plháková, A. Učebnice obecné psychologie. Praha: Academia, 2013.
11. Vágnerová, M. Vývojová psychologie. Praha : Portál, 2000. ISBN 80-71783-08-0.
12.MUNZAROVÁ, M. Zdravotnická etika od A do Z. Praha:Grada-Publishing, 2005. ISBN 80-247-1024-2.
13. Zacharová, E. Zdravotnická psychologie.. Praha: Grada, 2007.
14. POKORNÁ, A. Komunikace se seniory. Praha: Grada, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-3271-8.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Tutorials, 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