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Clinical Training in Emergency Care (10 cr)

Code: AH00CK74-3001

General information


Enrollment

20.11.2023 - 05.01.2024

Timing

15.04.2024 - 22.09.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

10 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Health Care and Social Services (LAB)

Campus

Lappeenranta Campus

Teaching languages

  • English

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor's Degree Programme in Paramedic (2021, 2022, 2023)

Teachers

  • Arja Sara-aho
  • Tuomo Nyyssönen

Groups

  • HLPRPARA21SHB

Learning outcomes

Student can:
- apply learned paramedic knowledge and skills in acute patients care
- assess the patient's condition and be able to investigate, collect data, plan treatment, implement and evaluate effects
- record and report of acute patient care
- use safely the research and care equipment needed for on-call work and interpret the information they produce
- act as a member of a treatment team in acute situations and have become acquainted with the treatment protocols used in that unit (eg a patient with multiple injuries, a cerebrovascular patient)
- identify the importance of the care services provided by different work units in the patient's overall care and care process

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Following studies has to be completed before the Clinical Training in Emergency Care:

For Paramedic students:

-All the Basic Level Paramedic Nursing theory studies (Emergency Care Services, Examination of a Patient, Basic Level Paramedic Nursing I, Basic Level Paramedic Nursing II). Evaluation of Professional Paramedic Skills 1 can be missing.

-Clinical Training in Basics of Nursing

-Clinical Training in Medical-Surgical Nursing 1

-Clinical Training in Self-Care Supporting Nursing

-Clinical Training in Basic Level Paramedic


For Nursing students:

-Examination of a Patient theory course

-Clinical Training in Basics of Nursing

-Clinical Training in Medical-Surgical Nursing 1

-Clinical Training in Medical-Surgical Nursing 2

-Clinical Training in Self-Care Supporting Nursing

Assessment scale

Approved/Failed

Assessment criteria: assessment scale failed/approved

To pass the course a student must:
-Have a discussion of objectives prior to the training
-Create of personal learning objectives
-Accomplish the agreed shifts
-Complete the set number of hours
-Complete the general and personal objectives of the training
-Complete the mid-term and final assessment as defined by the teacher
-Use the workseed as instructed by the teacher
-Create learning a blog as instructed by the teacher