PARA2200 Prehospital Trauma Care Course description

Knowledge of injury mechanisms and the scope of injuries is vital for a paramedic to be able to make good professional assessments and choices relating to the prioritisation, treatment and transport needs of injured patients. The course is based on recommendations made by surgical and anaesthesiologist expert communities on emergency injury treatment.

Passed the first year of the programme, with the exception of the course PARA1500.

In this course, nursing of patients in the context of care and rehabilitation is a key area. The course covers the nursing of patients with complex health challenges on short-term or long-term stays in different institutions. Students will gain experience of communicating and interacting with patients and next-of-kin related to long-term health challenges. Mapping of loss of function, challenges related to key patient phenomena and cognitive deficits will be part of the course. Emphasis is also placed on attention to the patients’ background as a basis for nursing. Management, organisational competence, ethics and work on the nurse's pedagogical function are also included.

Passed course:

• SYKP/SYKP1000 Theoretical Foundations of Nursing, 13 credits
• SYKK/SYKP1100 Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, 12 credits
• SYKK/SYKP1200 Microbiology and Infection Control, 5 credits
• SYKK/SYKP1300 Pharmacology and Drug Administration, 5 credits
• SYKK/SYKP1400 Diseases and Health Deficits, 10 credits
• SYKK/SYKPPRA10 The Fundamentals of Nursing, 15 credits
• SYKK/SYKPPRA20 Nursing Patients with Acute, Critical and Chronic Diseases, 20 credits
• SYKK/SYKPPRA30K Decision-making in Nursing and Patient Safety, 10 credits

or equivalent

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The student is capable of

• explaining dementia and age-related diseases and treatments
• assessing the patient’s existential needs, and central phenomena such as, meaning, faith and reconciliation
• explaining what promotes and impedes well-being and a sense of belonging in the event of long-term health deficits
• discussing how the nurse can contribute to health promotion and maintain the physical and cognitive function and resources of the individual patient
• stating the grounds for how health and social care policy can set the guidelines for quality development in the municipal health service

Skills

The student is capable of

• observing, assessing and making clinical decisions in complex nursing and treatment processes, and documenting the patient’s situation and needs for nursing in the patient records in a concise and structured manner
• identifying patients’ health resources and - in cooperation with relevant resource persons - developing targeted measures to improve the patient’s functional level, active participation and quality of life
• observing effects, side effects and interactions of polypharmacy
• using knowledge of dementia when encountering challenging behaviours
• carrying out prioritised patient safety measures and discussing how this is exhibited in the nursing and care services
• leading, delegating and following up work tasks, and guiding colleagues in a team
• applying knowledge about learning, mastering and change processes in counselling and teaching of the patient’s next-of-kin, students and relevant personnel

Competence

The student is capable of

• reflecting on patient-centred nursing in complex and complicated conditions, and planning and carrying out targeted cooperation processes with patients, next-of-kin and other practitioners
• reflecting on different ways of organising and leading the nursing services and how these impacts on the quality of the services
• reflecting on what can prevent and resolve conflicts
• identifying and reflecting on relevant ethical issues and dilemmas at the individual, group and society level
• reflecting on the significance of social relations and the role the patient’s next-of-kin have in nursing homes and/or residential care homes
• reflecting on the meaning of good care pathways for elderly people and chronically ill patients and how these can contribute to ensuring a coordinated, holistic and cohesive service

A digital coursework requirement is implemented before the start of studies and includes an e-learning module and is implemented via OsloMet's digital learning platform. Practical training:;in the municipal health service (8 weeks), including self-studies, lectures, digital learning resources and theme-based seminars with presentations.

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Part 2 One A4 sheet of paper with the student’s own notes on both sides. The notes can be written by hand or on a computer, but must not include copies/photos from books/literature.

All papers are assessed by two examiners. A minimum of twenty per cent of the exam papers will be assessed by an external examiner. The external examiner's assessment shall benefit all the students.