Description

General Objectives

To increase the effectiveness and quality of out-of-hospital emergency health care. To provide general and specific knowledge on guidelines for action and treatment of health personnel in emergencies and emergencies.

Evaluate the main signs and symptoms of the emergency patient through primary assessment by healthcare personnel.

To emphasize the importance of learning the early detection of symptoms through updated health education.

Efficiently organize the urgent demand through rapid interview and distribution if necessary according to the situation of the structure and organization of Primary Care, the application of certain techniques of professional health care practice.

Improve cost allocation, facilitate process follow-up, enable intra- and inter-hospital comparisons, provide more realistic information and better adaptation to the protocol-based clinical decision process.

Lead to better and earlier diagnosis and treatment that will limit unnecessary tests and repeated visits to the emergency department and other specialists.

Use the theoretical concepts and knowledge of health care as a basis for

decision making in out-of-hospital BLS/A healthcare practice.

Develop skills and decision making based on critical thinking, clinical judgment and the acquisition of skills to act in urgent situations.

To create positive attitudes and instill survival gestures in healthcare professionals in the face of individual emergencies that may occur during the transfer of critical patients.

Assess urgent multidisciplinary situations that may be susceptible to transport to a health center.

 

Addressed to:

This online / distance training program is aimed at all personnel of:
Graduates in medicine.
Graduates in nursing.

Content


Module I. Medicine in extreme situations I:

Didactic unit I. Mountain assistance:

Topic I. Specific aspects of mountain assistance:

Topic II. Altitude sickness:

Topic III. Cold injuries. Hypothermia:

Topic IV. Freezing:

Topic V. Stabilization and transport in the mountains:

Topic VI. Mountain sports injuries:

Topic VII. Medical examination of the mountaineer:

Didactic Unit II. Assistance in desert environment:

Topic VIII. Specific aspects of assistance in desert environments:

Topic IX. Injuries due to the effect of heat:

Topic X. Resuscitation of the large burn and medical treatment of the non-extensive burn:

Didactic Unit III. Assistance in aerial environment:

Topic XI. Specific aspects of in-flight assistance:

Topic XII. Physiological effects of flight:

Topic XIII. Transportation by air:

Topic XIV. Medical examination of the pilot and parachutist:

Didactic unit IV. Naval and underwater assistance:

Topic XV. Specific aspects of naval and underwater assistance:

Topic XVI. Seasickness (sea sickness). Motion sickness:

Topic XVII. Drowning and submersion:

Topic XVIII. Action in the event of a castaway:

Topic XIX. Hyperbaric chamber:

Topic XX. Stabilization and transport in the naval environment:

Topic XXI. Sports injuries in the aquatic environment and its surroundings:

Didactic Unit V. Assistance in armed conflicts:

Item XXII. Specific aspects of campaign assistance:

Topic XXIII. Assistance in NBC environment:

Item XXIV. Logistics:

Topic XXV. Classification and triage:

Topic XXVI. Disaster Deployment:

Topic XXVII. Field surgery:

Didactic Unit VI. Assistance in tropical environment:

Topic XXVIII. Specific aspects of assistance in tropical environment:

Topic XXIX. Diseases caused by viruses:

Topic XXX. Bacterial lesions:

Topic XXXI. Fungal diseases:

Topic XXXII. Diseases caused by protozoa:

Topic XXXIII. Vaccinations and prophylaxis:

Topic XXXIV. Traveler's pathology:

Topic XXXV. Pathology of the immigrant:

Didactic Unit VII. Assistance in catastrophes:

Topic XXXVI. Introduction to the catastrophe:

Topic XXXVII. Theoretical aspects of disaster planning:

Topic XXXVIII. Particularities of traffic accidents. Accident with multiple victims:

Topic XXXIX. Accidents inside a road tunnel:

Topic XL. Preparation of a drill:

Module II. Medicine in extreme situations II:

Didactic unit I. Traumatologic assistance:

Topic I. Cranioencephalic trauma:

Topic II. Spinal cord trauma:

Topic III. Thoracic trauma:

Topic IV. Abdominal trauma:

Topic V. Traumatologic pathology of the upper limb:

Topic VI. Traumatologic pathology of the lower limb:

Topic VII. Polytraumatized:

Topic VIII. Pharmacology in the polytraumatized:

Didactic unit II. The role of nursing:

Topic IX. Emergency instrumental techniques:

Topic X. Trauma nursing:

Didactic Unit III. Psychology in hostile environment:

Topic XI. Psychological intervention in catastrophes:

Topic XII. Risk perception:

Topic XIII. Psychiatry in combat:

Didactic unit IV. Medical-legal aspects:

Topic XIV. Medico-legal characteristics in catastrophes:

Topic XV. Medico-legal aspects in times of war:

Topic XVI. NGOs:

Didactic unit V. Dental assistance:

Topic XVII. Emergencies in dentistry. Diagnosis and treatment at the first level of health care:

Didactic Unit VI. Telemedicine and continuing education:

Topic XVIII. Basic and continuing health training in extreme environments:

Topic XIX. Telemedicine and health in extreme environments:

Topic II. Classification of pain

Topic III. Pain assessment. Scales

Topic IV. Pharmacology of pain

Topic V. Drug administration in the treatment of pain

Topic VI. Non-pharmacological treatment of pain. Alternative therapies

Topic VII. Pain in neonatology

Topic VIII. Pain in pediatrics

Topic IX. Acute postoperative pain

Topic X. Psychological aspects of pain

Topic XI. Headaches

Topic XII. Fibromyalgia

Topic XIII. Ischemic pain

Topic XIV. Low back pain

Topic XV. Neuropathic pain. Postherpetic neuralgia and trigeminal neuralgia.

Topic XVI. Musculoskeletal and osteoarticular pain.

Topic XVII. Pain in the terminal and oncologic patient.

Topic XVIII. Complex regional pain syndrome

Topic XIX. Pain and HIV

Topic XX. Methodology of care related to pain

Additional information

Country

Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru

Duration

500 hrs

Certification

USJ

Ranking

Other specialities

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