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Respiratory failure (4 cr)

Code: AV00EV88-3002

General information


Timing

01.01.2025 - 15.12.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

4 op

Virtual portion

3 op

Mode of delivery

25 % Contact teaching, 75 % Distance learning

Unit

Open UAS and Continuing education

Campus

Kotka Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Avoin ammattikorkeakoulu, osaajakoulutus

Teachers

  • Tiina Haanperä
  • Mari Penttilä
  • Taina Lehtonen

Groups

  • AVTEHOOS25K
    Avoin AMK, Tehohoidon osaajakoulutus 30 op

Objective

You know how to identify a respiratory failure patient
You know how to treat a patient with respiratory failure
You understand the mechanisms of respiratory failure and pathophysiology
You know how to perform noninvasive and invasive respiratory therapy

Content

How do you identify a patient suffering from respiratory failure?
How do you perform the care of a patient with respiratory failure?
What are the mechanisms behind the respiratory failure?
How do you implement non-invasive and invasive respiratory therapy?
How are different support devices used?

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed