Course: First Aid

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Course title First Aid
Course code KAZ/KPPCQ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
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)
  • Cichá Martina, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Tománková Kristína, RNDr. PhD.
Course content
- Introduction, definition of requirements for granting a colloquium. - The importance of first aid, the system of first aid (non-professional, medical, technical), first aid legislation. - first aid procedure, examining basic physiological functions (respiration, circulation, consciousness, qantification and qualification assessment). - first aid for respiratory arrest or impairment (foreign body in the airways, out of breath, arrest). - first aid for circulation arrest, indirect heart massage (in adults, small children, infants), cardiopulmonary resuscitation. - first aid for bleeding (arterial pressure points, pressure bandage, tourniquet use; venous, capillary, mixed; internal; bleeding from body orifices). - first aid for head injuries and injuries of spine and spinal cord (commotion cerebri, contusion). Bandaging technique, using available types of dressing materials (patches, roller bandages, slings, etc.). First aid for injuries of bones and joints (sprain, dislocation, fractures - closed, open, splintery). - first aid for damage to a body through heat effects (sunstroke, heatstroke, burns, frostbites, hypothermia, etc.). First aid for injuries caused by electric current. - First aid for drowning. Acute conditions, epileptic seizure and other convulsive conditions, asthma attack, hypo and hyperglycaemic conditions. - Acute conditions - MI, stroke, acute abdomen.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Demonstration, Training in job and motor Skils
  • Attendace - 18 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 30 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 22 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
First aid task of discipline is to provide students with a set of theoretical knowledges and practical skills that are important for providing first aid. Students will be acquainted with the most common causes, consequences and symptoms of the damaged human health. They will learn the whole system of first aid, and comprehensive knowledges in providing first aid, which correspond to the current state of knowledges. The lessons will be included the first aid for acute conditions that directly threaten human life: bleeding, injury to bones and joints, respiratory arrest and circulatory shock and unconsciousness, etc.
After completing the course, students will be able to provide adequate first aid and to focus on the system giving first aid.
Prerequisites
Mastering the knowledges from related courses in frame of the health science profile.

Assessment methods and criteria
Dialog, Written exam

Active participation in lessons and 80% attendance in lessons. The course is designed exclusively for students of Health Education with a focus on education in combination of other subjects or disciplines.
Recommended literature
  • Beránková M. Fleková A. Holzhauserová B. (2002). První pomoc. Praha Informatorium.
  • Ertlová F. Mucha J. et al. (2003). Přednemocniční neodkladná péče. Brno.
  • Kelnarová, J. (2007). První pomoc I. II. Praha: Grada Publisching, 2007. ISBN 978-80-247-2182-8..
  • Zeman M. (1998). První pomoc. Praha Galén.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching primary school classes 1 through 5 and special education (MD16) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching primary school classes 1 through 5 and special education (MD18) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Special Education - intervention (BB16) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Special adult education (BB18) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching primary school classes 1 through 5 and special education (MD17) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Special adult education (BB16) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Special Education - intervention (BB18) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer