Course: First Aid and First Aid Methodology

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Course title First Aid and First Aid Methodology
Course code KAZ/PPMP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bouček Luboš, Bc. et Bc.
  • Gillernová Klára, Ing.
  • Pfefferová Eva, Mgr.
  • Gillernová Klára, Ing.
Course content
Lectures 1. General principles and procedures of first aid, rescue chain, legal responsibility. Uniform first aid procedure: pre-medical first aid, rescue services. Emergency call, communication with the operations center, procedure after arrival of the help desk. Accident protection, safety. 2. General examination of the victim, basic life functions. Basic classification of handicapped (START methodology). Positioning and transporting the wounded. IZS. 3. Unconsciousness - First Aid. First aid in shocks. 4. Basic urgent resuscitation. ERC Guidelines 2015. Ensuring airway patency, artificial lung-to-lung respiration, indirect cardiac massage, automated external defibrillation. 5. Procedure for basic urgent resuscitation. Urgent resuscitation for drowning, choking. Specifics of urgent resuscitation in children. 6. Wounds. Bleeding arrest. Bleeding external - arterial, venous, mixed. Internal bleeding. Bleeding from body openings - first aid. 7. Other serious injuries: skull, brain, spine and spinal cord injuries - first aid. 8. Injuries of chest and abdomen - first aid. 9. Injuries of locomotive apparatus, fractures of bones, injuries of joints, muscles - first aid. 10. Thermal injuries: burns, frostbite, hypothermia - first aid. 11. Electric shock. Chemical injuries: burns of skin, mucous membranes, eyes, burns of mouth and throat, esophagus and stomach. Inhalation of suffocating and irritating substances. 12. Explosive injury, crush and blast syndrome. Polytrauma. 13. Acute coronary syndrome, chest pain, severe arrhythmias. 14. Stroke. Varicose states. Dyspnea states. Urgent conditions in diabetes. 15. First aid for drowning. Sudden childbirth outside the medical facility - first aid. Intoxication - technical and medical first aid. Exercises 1. Practical training of rescue chain activation. Communication with the rescue center. Examination of the condition of the victim. Sorting the wounded - START. 2. Techniques of first aid and equipment, technical first aid: undressing of the garment, removing the helmet, rescuing. Vital signs monitoring. First aid material equipment. 3. Practical first aid training for unconsciousness and shocks. 4. Practical training of CPR, ensuring airway patency, diagnosis of respiratory arrest, recovery position, cardiopulmonary resuscitation - breathing from lungs to lungs, artificial pulmonary ventilation with aids, indirect cardiac massage. 5. Practical training of CPR. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation supported by an automated external defibrillator. 6. Practical training in stopping bleeding by direct compression, using a compression bandage, a pinch. Treatment of loss injury. 7. Basics of dressing technique: bandage and patch bandages, bandage bandages. 8. Practical training in the treatment of skull and spine injuries. Injury of pelvic and humeral girdle, long bones and joints. Treatment, ways of fixation. Transport. 9. Practical first aid training for chest and abdomen injuries. 10. First aid for electric shock. Thermal injuries. Technical First Aid. 11. Practical first aid training for circulatory problems - sudden chest pain, angina pectoris, acute heart failure, arrhythmia. 12. Practical first aid training for respiratory problems, airway obstruction, hanging, drowning, asthma attack. 13. Practical first aid training for fainting, sudden stroke, convulsions. 14. Practical training of first aid in intoxications, acute complications of diabetes. 15. Granting credit.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 16 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
are not required
Skills
are not required
learning outcomes
Knowledge
defines general principles of first aid
describes the procedures of basic emergency resuscitation
explains the specifics of urgent resuscitation in children
Skills
evaluates the current condition of the disabled
treats acute conditions threatening the life of the disabled
activates the rescue chain
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture with visual aids
Skills
Practicum
Skills demonstration
Competences
Lecture with visual aids
Practicum
Skills demonstration
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Competences
Test
Skills demonstration during practicum
Recommended literature
  • ERC Guidelines 2015.
  • Bydžovský, Jan. Akutní stavy v kontextu. Vyd. 1. Praha : Triton, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7254-815-6.
  • Bydžovský, Jan. Tabulky pro medicínu prvního kontaktu : záchranná služba, praktický lékař, lékařská služba první pomoci, urgentní příjem. Vyd. 1. Praha : Triton, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7387-351-6.
  • European Resuscitation Council. Guidelines for Resuscitation 2021.
  • FREI, J. a kol. Akutní stavy pro nelékaře.. Plzeň: Západočeská univerzita, 2015. ISBN 978-80-261-0498-8.
  • KELNAROVÁ, J., TOUFAROVÁ, J., ČÍKOVÁ, Z., MATĚJKOVÁ, E., VÁŇOVÁ, J. První pomoc II: pro studetny zdravotnických oborů.. Praha : Grada, 2013. ISBN 978-80-247-4199.
  • KELNAROVÁ, Jarmila a kol. První pomoc I: pro studenty zdravotnických oborů. Praha : Grada, 2012. ISBN 978-80-247-4199-4.
  • LEJSEK, J. První pomoc.. Praha : Karolinum, 2013. ISBN 978-80-246-2090-9.
  • Malá, Lucie; Peřan, David. První pomoc pro všechny situace : v souladu s evropskými doporučeními 2015. 2016. ISBN 978-80-7429-693-2.
  • POKORNÝ, J. Lékařská první pomoc.. Praha : Galén, 2010. ISBN 9788072623228.


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