Emergency and Critical Care - Part of Post Diploma Certificate in Clinical Procedures (SDVC1)

About This Course

This module covers fundamentals of fluid therapy such as indications, body fluid compartments, types of IV fluids, fluid administration methods, fluid additives, monitoring of fluid therapy and complications. Students will gain an understanding to transfusion medicine such as indications to blood and plasma transfusion, blood donors, pre-transfusion testing, blood collection, types of blood products and administration of blood products., Aspects of trauma management such as triage, assessment of hydration status, initial diagnostics, basic first aid, patient monitoring, emergency techniques (e.g. abdominocentesis, thoracocentesis, thoracic drain placement and tracheostomy tube placement), emergency respiratory support and cardiopulmonary resuscitation will be covered. A general approach to common emergencies involving different body systems such as cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, urogenital, endocrine, and metabolic, neurological, oncology, musculoskeletal, reproductive, and ocular emergencies, and common poisonings (e.g. insecticides, chocolate, rodenticides, and heavy metals) will be taught to students. Critical care will cover the fundamentals of post resuscitation care and the management of post resuscitation syndromes (e.g. iatrogenic injury, cardiovascular instability, transient cerebral dysfunction, and systemic inflammatory response syndrome and multi organ dysfunction) and recumbent patients.