Supporting cardiovascular and pulmonary functions (5cr)

Objective

You can describe the effects of functional disorders and diseases of the respiratory and circulatory system and their effects on an individual’s mobility and functional ability. You are familiar with the criteria of pathophysiology and pharmacology of the respiratory, cardiologic and circulatory system in physiotherapy. You can reliably assess and evaluate the cardiologic, respiratory and circulatory functions and their effects on the functional ability of customers of different age groups. You can evaluate and determine the causes for common functional disorders of respiratory and circulatory system based on clinical reasoning and physiotherapeutic differential diagnosis in clients of different age groups. You can use and justify the main impacts of respiratory and circulatory physiotherapy taking the individual’s resources and environmental challenges into account. You can evaluate the need of assistive devices which support the function of respiratory and circulatory systems and give advice about their use.

Content

How you take account the pathophysiology of the respiratory and circulatory system in physiotherapy? How do you use medical and pharmacological knowledge in physiotherapy? How do you justify and apply physiotherapeutic methods to promote your customer’s comprehensive functional capacity in her own environment? How do you interact and design together with the customer the suitable progressive physiotherapy and justify your solution based on evidence? How do you assess the customer's functional ability, participation and coping in everyday life as well as her human resources and those modifications? How do you compare national and international practices in respiratory, cardiovascular and cardiorespiratory physiotherapy?

Qualifications

SemestersI-III studies successfully completed.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

a - g (entry level know-how and skills).