COURSE UNIT DESCRIPTION
1. Course unit title
First Aid with Elements of Nursing
2. Course unit code
3. Clinic / Department
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy
4. Type of the course unit
Core unit
5. Level of the course unit
Master degree level
6. Year of study
1st
7. Semester when the course unit is delivered
1
8. Number of ECTS credits allocated
9. Course unit coordinator
Tomasz Gaszynski Associate Professor of Anesthesia, MD PhD
10. Names of faculty teachers
Tomasz Gaszynski Associate Professor of Anesthesia, MD PhD
Andrzej Wieczorek Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, MD PhD
Tamara Trafidło MD PhD
Jarosław Timler MD PhD
Witold Żaryski MD
11. Learning outcomes of the course unit
Knowledge component
Aims
Objectives
To understand basic concepts and principles related to
Define, explain and give examples of following concepts:
first aid
Sudden respiratory problems, dispnea;
Sudden cardiovascular problems;
Sudden consciousness disturbances;
securing the place of accident, safety issues for
giving first aid;
Skills component
Aims
To develop basic skills in giving first aid at place of
accident
Objectives
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administer rescue drugs in emergency
situations,
give first aid in sudden cardiac arrest in
adults and children, including
automated external defibrillation,
apply the methods of non-instrumental
opening airway,
give first aid in chocking and knows
how to use safe position,
give first aid at site of accident in lifethreatening situations like: specific
intoxications, sudden and strong pain in
the chest, respiratory problems,
seizures, sudden paralysis, sudden
consciousness disturbances, severe
allergy reaction, strong reaction to
insects bites,
give first aid in injuries, fractures,
burns,
dress the wound at place of accident in
case of bleedings and fractures, and
other injuries,
secure place of accident, follows safety
rules including personal safety and
safety of victim and witnesses of
accident,
secure patients for transport from place of
accident to the hospital,
Attitudes and transferrable skills
Aims
To develop and demonstrate ethical, professional and
personal attitudes to giving first aid
Objectives
Develop:
- the motivation to introduce into practice
rescue actions and popularize it among
non-professionals
- the following ethics and law aspects of
rescue medicine
Demonstrate:
Practical approach to giving first aid
12. Mode of delivery
Face-to-face
13. Number of face-to-face session hours
Lectures – 8 hours
Classes – 22 hours
14. Prerequisites and co-requisites
NA
15. Recommended optional programme components
16. Course contents
Topics of lectures:
1 . Ethics and Law in Rescue and Emergency Medicine
2 . Basic Life Support Guidelines
3 . First aid in some internal diseases : diabetes, seizures, allergy
4 . first aid in bleedings, fractures, burns
Topics of classes:
Class 1:
- Organizing of place of accident, secure the safety of the rescuer, patient and witnesses of
accident,
- Checking sings of life, patient examination,
- First aid in chocking,
- Appling of safe position,
- Securing the patient for transport
Class 2:
- Emergency aid in case of intoxications.
- Recognizing specific signs of intoxication,
- secure the safety of the rescuer, patient and witnesses of accident,
Class 3:
- First aid in injuries, bleedings and fractures. Conduct in burns.
- Basis of Desmurgy. Rules of applying dressings on wounds at place of accident,
- Immobilizing the fractures for the transport to the hospital,
- Practical training on manikins,
Class 4:
- Basic Life Support, Automatic External Defibrillation
- Non-instrumental airway management techniques,
- Practical training on manikins
Class 5:
- First aid in some internal diseases emergences: sudden and strong pain in the chest,
respiratory problems, seizures, sudden paralysis, sudden consciousness disturbances,
severe allergy reaction, strong reaction to insects bites
- Rules of administration of basic emergency drugs in rescue situation at place of accident –
including subcutaneous and intramuscular injections,
Place:
Seminar rooms of Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Department of Emergency
Medicine, Barlicki University Hospital, ul. Kopcinskiego 22
17. Learning activities and teaching methods
Teaching methods: whole-class- sessions, small- groups – sessions, practical training on manikins, case
discussion,
The First Aid with Elements of Nursing course student should acquire knowledge and
understanding of:
- General principles of First Aid including safety issues for rescuer, victim and widnesses
of accidents,
- Behaviour on the place of accident including securing the place, removing victims from
danger area,
- Recognizing the symptoms of life-threatening situations ex respiratory problems,
cardiovascular problems,
- Basic physiology and pathology of life threatening situations ex cardiac arrest, respiratory
problems, bleedings, burns etc.
The First Aid with Elements of Nursing course student should acquire and become proficient in:
1 . introducing into practice rescue actions and popularize it among non-professionals
2 . following the aseptic and antiseptic rules in practice,
3 . administering rescue drugs in emergency situations,
4 . giving first aid in sudden cardiac arrest in adults and children, including automated external
defibrillation,
5 . performing of non-instrumental opening airway,
6 . giving first aid in chocking and knows how to use safe position,
7 . giving first aid at site of accident in life-threatening situations like: specific intoxications,
sudden and strong pain in the chest, respiratory problems, seizures, sudden paralysis, sudden
consciousness disturbances, severe allergy reaction, strong reaction to insects bites,
8 . giving first aid in injuries, fractures, burns,
9. the student is able to dress the wound at place of accident in case of bleedings and fractures,
and other injuries,
10 . securing place of accident, follows safety rules including personal safety and safety of victim
and witnesses of accident,
11 . securing patients for transport from place of accident to the hospital,
The First Aid with Elements of Nursing course student should develop and demonstrate:
Ethical, professional and personal approach to first aid and rescuing
18. Recommended or required learning resources
Basic: Resuscitation The European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2005 (Full
version) Edited by Jerry Nolan, MB, ChB, FRCA; and Peter Baskett; ISBN 0080448704
• Hardback Elsevier (order info: www.erc.edu)
Recommended : . Macleod`s Clinical Examination. Edited by G Douglas, F Nicol and C
Robertson. Elsevier Churchill Livingstone 2005. Eleventh edition. ISBN 0443074046
19. Formative assessment and obtaining credits for the course
MSQ type test on last class, 30 questions, 4 answers – one correct,
all the presentations from lectures and seminars are available on web :
www.umed.lodz.pl/anestezja - english version
20. Assessment methods and criteria
knowledge component
MSQ type test
skills component
practical exam – performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on manikins
attitudes and transferrable skills component
student evaluation form
21. Language of instruction
english
22. Additional info and support
Web : www.umed.lodz.pl/anestezja - english version