AV-2-024

Av 2001 - 2004 - Emergency care special topics

Swedish

Compulsory

3

2 cr

The aim of the course is to understand the pediatric patient in emergency situations and pre-hospital-care.

At the end of the course the student is expected to be able to;
- understand the specific problems, needs and desires of a child in emergency care
- realise the impotrance of the parents for the small child
- use different strategies when encountering the child patient
- know the most common injuries and diseases that need emergency care in childhood and the treatment of them

The child in acute care. The development of a child. Children and pain, fears, sickness and death. The importance of the family. Physiological parameters in evaluating the health of a child. Examining a child. The battered child.

Basic studies

Koistinen, P., Ruuskanen, S., Surakka, T. (toim.) Lasten- ja nuorten hoitotyön käsikirja. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Tammi, Helsinki.

• Lectures - 24 hours
• Exercise based learning - 0 hours
• Tuition managed by students but supervised by the teacher - 24 hours
• Project work and productions - 0 hours
• Individual studies - 12 hours
• - 0 hours

• Total workload of the course: 60 hours
• Of which autonomous studies: 12 hours
• Of which scheduled studies: 48 hours

Participation in tuition

• Demonstrations and presentations
• Reports and productions
• Essays

Lejonqvist Gun-Britt

No limit

Until further notice

Serien fortsätter med lektioner och seminarier efter praktikavsnittena.

• 2006-12-18 - Demonstrations and presentations
• 2006-12-18 - Reports and productions
• 2006-12-18 - Essays