Emergency medicine (5 cr)

Code: EH00AC78-3004

General information

Enrollment: 08.11.2021 - 21.11.2021; Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 10.01.2022 - 27.05.2022; Implementation has ended.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 5 cr

Local portion: 5 cr

Mode of delivery: Contact learning

Unit: Department of Health Care and Emergency Care

Campus: Kotka Campus

Teaching languages: Finnish

Degree programmes: Degree Programme in Emergency Care

Teachers: Hannu Salonen; Jussi Salonen

Teacher in charge: Jussi Salonen

Groups: EHKT19KP
Paramedic, full-time studies

Course: EH00AC78

No reservations found for realization EH00AC78-3004!

Objective

• You are able to utilize medical information in safe emergency care
• You are able to apply medical information when making a field diagnosis and treatment decisions
• You are able to apply traumatological information in emergency care

Content

Evidence-based work in emergency care
• Emergency medicine in basic health care
• Emergency medicine in acute care
The decision-making process in operations relating to specialised emergency care
• Medical exercises/emergency care procedures relating to emergency medicine and specialised expertise in emergency care
Pharmacology and medication in emergency care
• Independent and safe medication and fluid therapy
• Medicines used in emergency/acute care
• Medication consultation practices
• Effects of drugs; side effects and adverse effects
• Provision of medication in special emergency care situations
• Methods of drug administration (incl. intraoral and intravenous administration, syringe pumps, etc.)

Course material

Lentomateriaali perustuu pääsääntöisesti ensihoitolääkärin videoluentoihin.

Lisäksi:
Ensihoito
Ensihoito-opas
Käypähoitosuositus (soveltuvin osin)

Study forms and methods

Yksilöllinen oppimisväylä
Ensihoitolääketiede
Opiskelijalla tulee olla suoritettuna ensihoidon perusteisiin liittyvät perusopinnot 20op sekä perustason ensihoidon kenttäharjoittelu 10op, ennen kurssille hyväksymistä.

Työhön integroitu oppimisväylä:
Opiskelija anoo opinnoista osasuoritusta (AHOT) menetelmän mukaisesti aiempaan koulutukseen tai osaamiseen perustuen.

RDI and work-related cooperation

TKI ja työelämäyhteistyö - ei sisälly

Timing of exams and assignments

Kurssi arvioidaan ensihoitolääketieteen tentin, sekä 2 kurssin aikana tehtävän kirjallisen tehtävän perusteella.

Further information

jussi.salonen@xamk.fi
aki.viipuri@xamk.fi
jarno.hamalainen@xamk.fi
hannu.salonen@xamk.fi

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Kurssiin sisältyvien tehtävien, sekä kurssitentin suorittaminen.
Arviointiasteikko 1-5

Qualifications

Professional competence of a nurse responsible for general care (180 ECTS)
Basics of expertise in emergency care 20 ECTS
Practical training: Basics of emergency care 10 ECTS