The course is included in these curricula and study modules
Level/category
Teaching language
Swedish
Type of course
Compulsory
Cycle/level of course
First
Recommended year of study
4
Total number of ECTS
10 cr
Competency aims
In this study unit the focus lies on the following
competencies:
- Can function as paramedic on Advanced Level
according
to the values and professionally ethical
principles
inherent to prehospital emergency care, can master
non-
technical skills needed for leading and being part
of a
prehospital emergency care team.
- Can be responsible for treatment decisions in
prehospital care, as well as define patient
status,
need of transport and care both before and during
transport as well as perform a safe and effective
care
on advanced level.
- Can act at situational leader for emergency care
and
collaborate with other authorities (such as
police,
fire department, social services and healthcare
services)
SDG in FOcus:
4: Quality Education
10: Reduced Inqualities
Learning outcomes
Independently make decisions on patient
assessment, care and
transport and evaluate the need for them,
according, if
possible, to current guidelines.
Can, as a whole, be responsible and lead the
systematic
assessment and evaluation of a patient as well as
initiation
of care, based on a diagnostic hypothesis or
symptoms. You
can also plan the safe care of the patient within
prehospital
context, both before and during transport and
evaluate the
performed care in relation to the plan.
Can use evidence-based emergency medicine and
pharmacology
during prehospital patient care and apply that
knowledge to
your care.
Master the ability to guide and instruct patients
and/or
their relatives on continued car with clear,
concise and
adequate instructions.
Strengthen your ability to appear as an emergency
care
specialist through decisions made in concordance
with
patients, relatives and other professions and also
through
supporting the patient in preventing illness.
Can evaluate the quality of patient-centered
prehospital and
develop it, to the best of your abilities.
Master non-technical skills (according to ANTS and
CRM
frameworks) in the care of critically ill patient.
Can also
function according the principles of systematic
pair work and
task allocation on advanced-level emergency care
Can identify and describe ethical challenges in
prehospital
care situations and can reflect around the ethics
and values
of emergency care as well as act according to
these
principles.
Can perform an adequate and clear report according
to current
standards, both in written and verbal form.
Can reflect on your own knowledge and professional
growth.
Course contents
Practical clinical placements in prehospital care
(10 ECTS)
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Passed courses:
Emergency Care - Advanced Level
Emergency Care - Trauma
Emergency Care - Clinical Pharmacology
Emergency Care - Operative Leadership and
Organizational Borders
Passed clinical practice period:
Emergency Care - Advanced Level 1
Previous course names
Practical Training: Prehospital Care on Advanced
Level II (10 ECTS)
Mode of Delivery
Participation in tuition
Assessment requirements
Assessment by the placement supervisor and
responsible lecturer, based on the placement goals
(pass/fail)
Examiner
Ericsson Christoffer
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Group size
No limit
Assignments valid until
Until further notice