| CODE | NUR3092 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Basic Life Support (Healthcare Provider) | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Nursing | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The Basic Life Support for healthcare providers course is designed to teach the skills of CPR for victims of all ages (including ventilation with a barrier device, a bag-mask device, and oxygen), use of an automated external defibrillator (AED), and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (FBAO). It is intended for participants who provide health care to patients in a variety of settings including in-hospital and out of hospital settings. This study-unit is covered by learning experiences through the use of lectures, demonstration of skills and opportunity for hand-on experience. Objectives: - Describe the chain of survival; - Describe the normal physiology of the heart and lungs; - Define Atherosclerosis and three coronary artery disease processes. These include: Angina, Heart Attack, Sudden cardiac death; - Categorize the major risk factors for a heart attack into risk factors which can be changed or not changed; - Describe Prudent Heart Living, as it relates to individual lifestyle; - Identify strategies how to prevent injuries and sudden cardiac arrest in infants and children. Comprehend the need for CPR and perform, correctly, the following psychomotor skills: - Activation of the emergency response system; - Rescue breathing using mouth to mouth ventilation, mouth to barrier device ventilation (with and without oxygen), and bag and mask ventilation with oxygen for adult, infant and child victims; - 1 and 2 rescue CPR for adult, infant and child victims; - Use of an AED for victims less or equal to 8 years of age (and approx.25kg or more); - Relief of FBAO in the responsive and unresponsive victim of any age. Content: - Basic Life Support in Perspective; - Anatomy and Physiology of the Respiratory, Cardiovascular, and Cerebrovascular Systems; - Coronary Artery Disease and Acute Coronary syndromes; - Acute Stroke; - Risk Factors for Heart Disease and Stroke; - Adult CPR; - Automated External Difibrillation; - Adult Foreign-Body Airway Obstruction; - Paediatric CPR; - Paediatric Foreign -Body Airway Obstruction; - Safety During CPR Training and Actual Rescue; - Special Resuscitation Situations. Skills performance in: - Adult 1-Rescuer CPR; - Adult Bag-Mask Ventilation; - Adult 2 rescuer CPR; - Adult FBAO in the Responsive Victim; - Adult FBAO in the Unresponsive Victim; - Infant 1-Rescuer CPR; - Infant Bag-Mask Ventilation; - Infant FBAO in the Responsive Victim; - Infant FBAO in the Unresponsive Victim; - Infant and Child 2 rescuer CPR; - Child 1-Rescuer CPR; - Child Bag-Mask Ventilation; - Child FBAO in the Responsive Victim; - Child FBAO in the Unresponsive Victim. Reading List: - European Resuscitation Council Guidelines (2021) available from https://www.cprguidelines.eu - American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR & ECC (2020) |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Please note that a pass in all the assessment components is obligatory for an overall pass mark to be awarded. | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Trevor Abela Fiorentino |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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