Course: First Aid

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Course title First Aid
Course code KAR/VAB11
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Dvořáková Jitka, MUDr.
  • Lucká Ivana, MUDr.
  • Horáková Tereza, MUDr.
  • Mertová Aylin, MUDr.
  • Tylich Štěpán, MUDr.
  • Čechmánek Tomáš, MUDr.
  • Hrnčiříková Pavla, MUDr.
  • Doubravská Lenka, MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Bendžala Tomáš, MUDr. Bc.
  • Brigant Tomáš, MUDr.
  • Jurčík Jan, MUDr.
  • Mačuga Filip, MUDr.
  • Paciorková Hana, MUDr.
  • Kleinerová Tereza, MUDr.
Course content
Cardiac arrest and resuscitation. Basic life support - open airway, arteficial ventilation, chest compressions. Organization of the Emergency Medical Servis. Shock states. Trauma - head trauma, crush injury, chest trauma, abdominal trauma, spinal cord injury, multisystem trauma. Heatstroke, burns, hypotermia, electrical injuries, drowning. Transport positions, fractures and treatment.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Observation, Training in job and motor Skils
Learning outcomes
Skill level enabling to perform the basic resuscitation techniques on accident site, provide first aid to an unconscious person, provide first aid in major bleeding, diagnose and attend to fractures and serious abdominal injury.
After participation in the course the students are able to provide basic and medical first aid using only protective device and basic equipment.
Prerequisites
Students ought to have fundamental knowledges of human biology at the secondary education level.

Assessment methods and criteria
Dialog

100% participation of seminars, 70% success in test and model situation
Recommended literature
  • (2014). ACEP First Aid Manual 5th Edition: The Step-by-Step Guide for Everyone. DK.
  • (2021). First Aid manual 11th Edition. DK.
  • Le T., Bhushan V. (2022). First Aid for the USMLE Step 1. McGraw Hill / Medical.
  • Thygerson, A.L. et al. (2013). First Aid, CPR and AED Essentials. Jones and Bartlett Learning.
  • Thygerson A.L., Thygerson S.M. (2011). First Aid, CPR and AED Advanced. Jones and Bartlett Learning.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Study plan (Version): General Medicine (2018) Category: Medical sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Study plan (Version): General Medicine (2019) Category: Medical sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Study plan (Version): General Medicine (2021) Category: Medical sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Study plan (Version): Dentistry (2019) Category: Medical sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Study plan (Version): Dentistry (2019) Category: Medical sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer