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First Aid and Civil Defence
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:10.05.2024 09:03:44
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KPUMTK_020 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.33 | ECTS: | 2.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Oļegs Sabeļņikovs | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Clinical Skills and Medical Technologies | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, kpumtk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061579 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Preliminary knowledge of biology and chemistry (at secondary school level). | ||||||||
| Objective: | To teach students to handle emergency, life-threatening situations before the doctor arrives. To inform about the structure and organisation of the civil protection in the country, as well as duties and measures to be taken in case of various disasters. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation for adults and children, sequence of steps. Basic revival algorithm (theory). Primary examination of the patient. Stable side sleeper. First aid for choking (theory). | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 2 | Cardiopulmonary resuscitation for adults and children. Basic resuscitation algorithm (practice). Action in case of choking. Principles of use of an automatic external defibrillator (AED) within the adult basic resuscitation algorithm. Practical work with adult, child and infant mannequins. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 3 | Causes of hypoxia in children and adults. Methods of ensuring airway patency: manual and instrumental. Use of breathing tubes, ventilation with breathing bag. First aid for bleeding, soft tissue, burns and skeletal injuries. Types of shocks and principles of first aid. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 4 | Thermoregulation disorders. Hypothermia and frostbite. Types of hyperthermia. Basic principles of first aid for victims of overheating, hypothermia or frostbite. Acute poisoning. First aid in case of poisoning. Situational tasks in first aid. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 5 | Civil defense and its general tasks. Possible dangerous situations (internal and external threats) on a daily basis, the most important general requirements for safe behavior in various situations at home, in transport, in nature, in public places, as well as in the electronic environment. The structure, legal regulation, organization and management of the civil defense system in the country as a whole and in various institutions. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 6 | Civil alarm and notification systems - in the country as a whole and in specific structural units. Procedure for requesting and providing international assistance. Action of an individual upon hearing an alarm. Possible means of personal protection in case of disasters, taking into account the nature of the disasters that have occurred. Specific risks, according to the chemical substances and equipment used in the structural units. Radiation safety. Evacuation measures. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Preparation of presentations on first aid, using recommended literature and Internet sources, with their subsequent evaluation and analysis in practical classes. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Evaluation criteria when performing resuscitation on a manikin: (1) sequence of steps and algorithm of actions when performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation - must be known and performed accurately without any errors; (2) primary investigation of the victim (ABC) – must be known and performed accurately without any errors; (3) correctly finding the indirect heart massage point and the depth of the massage – must be known and performed accurately without any mistakes; (4) manual opening of the airways and artificial lung ventilations – one must know precisely and in at least 70% of cases one must manage to achieve the correct inspiratory volume; (5) the practical implementation of the stable side lie - must be known and executed accurately without any mistakes; (6) Implementation of Heimlich and other techniques in case of choking - must be known and performed accurately without any mistakes. Evaluation criteria in the first aid theory multiple-choice test: more than 75% correct answers. Multiple-choice test on civil defense issues. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Knowledge of first aid in life-threatening situations, as well as calling for help. As a result of learning the study course, students will know how to perform the sequence of steps when examining a patient (casualty) in the pre-hospital stage, will gain knowledge in stopping bleeding, performing anti-shock measures. You will learn the basic principles of immobilization in cases of bone fractures and dislocations, providing assistance in cases of burns, overheating, hypothermia and acute poisoning. Knowledge of the structure, legal framework, organization and management of the civil defense system; knowledge of the tasks, rights and obligations of the state, local governments, legal and natural persons in the field of civil protection; knowledge of objects of increased danger, hazard risk assessment, obligations and rights of owners or legal owners; knowledge of municipal civil defense commissions; knowledge of planning civil protection measures; knowledge of dangerous substances, their classification and requirements for their storage and transportation; knowledge of requesting and providing international assistance; on personal protective equipment in the event of a disaster; knowledge of special legal regimes and actions in specific objects. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Will be able to perform emergency resuscitation measures, including the basic algorithm of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, identify clinical and biological signs of death, provide first aid in case of aspiration of a foreign body, perform breathing with a manual ventilator and use an oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal airway, diagnose external bleeding and stop it, as well as demonstrate the ability to work according to the principles of teamwork, within the scope of one's competence. Knows how to identify different hazards and how to act in different emergency situations. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Provision of first aid, primary and secondary examination of the patient (victim) in the pre-hospital stage, analysis of the situation, applying the basic resuscitation algorithm and other first aid action guidelines. Competence in matters of civil protection. | ||||||||
| Clinical Skills: | |||||||||
| No. | Skill | Level | |||||||
| 1 | Bag-mask ventilation | A - Beginner level | |||||||
| 2 | Bag-mask ventilation | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| 3 | Compression bandage | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| 4 | First aid for seizures | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| 5 | First Aid in choking patient | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| 6 | First aid in hypothermia | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| 7 | First Aid in Shock | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| 8 | First Aid in trauma with foreign body immobilization | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Praktisko nodarbību materiāli un E-studiju resursi. | ||||||||
| 2 | First Aid Manual. Dorling Kindersley Limited. 11th ed. 2021, 288 p. | ||||||||
| 3 | Neatliekamā medicīniskā palīdzība. Traumas. Rīga: NMPC, D.Krieviņa redakcijā. 2001, 350 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
