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Emergency Care and Radiation Safety (4 cr)

Code: USS22UV01-3002

General information


Enrollment

01.12.2024 - 06.01.2025

Timing

06.01.2025 - 20.04.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

4 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Health and Welfare

Teaching languages

  • Svenska

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Nursing
  • Degree Programme in Public Health Nursing

Teachers

  • Katarina Vironen
  • Daniel Nenonen
  • Hanna Limnell

Teacher in charge

Hanna Limnell

Groups

  • UHV22D-Å
    Hälsovårdare (YH), h22, dagstudier, Åbo
  • USS22D-Å
    Sjukskötare (YH), h22, dagstudier, Åbo

Objective

The student:
- is familiar with the regional, national and international collaboration in crisis and disaster situations
- is able to, as part of an inter-professional team, assess the need for care, plan, perform and document sustainable emergency care
- has expertise in care in various service system
- can meet, support and mentor the critically ill patient and relatives
- masters sustainable medication management in emergency care
- deepens his/her knowledge of psychosocial support in crisis situations
- can start immediate rescue operations independently and act in emergency situations
- masters the basics of radiation protection

Content

Patient care in emergency care situations in an interprofessional team and befitting medication management and medication calculation

Psychosocial support in various crisis situations and application of evidence based sustainable working methods in emergency care and in different service environments

Regional, national and international cooperation in crisis and disaster situations

Assessment of the situation and rescue operations in crisis and disaster situations

The basics of radiation physics, radiation biology, radiation protection legislation, radiation safety measures in the workplace and medical use of radiation

Evaluation scale

H-5

Qualifications

Courses Medical Management I and Medical Management II and Pharmacology, Surgical and Perioperative Care, Nursing in Internal Medicine and Palliative care, Clinical Nursing