PMED1410 Assessment and Treatment of Sick and Injured Patients, Part 1 Course description

Det obligatoriske emnet i Journalistikkforskning - teori og metode skal forberede studentene til forskningsarbeid innen journalistikk. Teoridelen i emnet gir en breddeoversikt over sentrale forskningsområder innen faget og profesjonen journalistikk. Slik gir det en felles plattform for alle masterstudentene på programmet før de spesialiserer seg i enkeltemne og masteroppgavearbeid. Metodedelen gir studentene den nødvendige innføring og øvelse i kvantitative studier, dybdeintervjuer og tekstanalyser.

Ingen forkunnskapskrav

After completing the course, the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• can explain the most common diseases that may require medical or surgical treatment, focusing on symptoms, signs and findings, disease progression, and treatment in children and adults
• can describe the most common tests and examinations used to diagnose disease
• can describe various drug groups for the most common internal medicine diseases and diseases requiring surgery, with emphasis on effects, possible side effects, and interactions
• can describe diseases of the musculoskeletal system
• can describe common electrolyte disturbances and related symptoms
• can explain injury mechanisms, kinetics and assessment of energy transfer
• can explain methods of clinical examination and explain the connection between tentative diagnostics and treatment interventions
• can explain the most common acute injuries and illnesses
• can explain how ageing can affect the development and treatment of emergency medical conditions
• can explain how different work methods, interventions and medical equipment are to be used in different emergency medical situations
• can explain drug use for emergency medical conditions
• can explain medical emergency decision-making and choice of treatment and transport strategies
• can refer to legislation linked to the disclosure and reporting obligation, duty to act and notice of death
• can describe the background for documentation with patient care report forms
• can discuss when specialist assistance is required
• is familiar with further need for clinical examination and treatment for different illness and injury conditions so that patients can be sorted into categories based on the best effective level of care principle
• can explain relevant research in the paramedical domain
• can explain the connection between symptoms and emergency medical conditions and injuries
• can explain the principles of documentation and use of patient care report forms
• can explain the principles of prehospital pain management

Skills

The student

• can use reference works such as the Felleskatalogen and the Drug Handbook
• can work with relevant infection control clothing and handle infectious materials
• can apply professional knowledge in written presentations
• is proficient in treatment methods for respiratory disorders, oxygenation failure, and ventilation failure, including non-invasive ventilation
• can perform an independent systematic clinical examination and then implement interventions and choose work methods in cooperation with a fellow student
• can use relevant medical equipment in assessment, perform clinical assessment and treatment
• can record and interpret an electrocardiogram (ECG) and explain the correlation with the patient’s condition
• can perform essential airway measures, including manual manoeuvres, use of simple aids, mask ventilation, and use of supraglottic tools
• masters the use of equipment to remove foreign body objects, such as Magill’s forceps and laryngoscope
• can carry out advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation in adults (Advanced Life Support - ALS)
• can assess the risk of complications and implement preventive and treatment measures, also in cooperation with other healthcare workers´
• can assess the treatment level a patient is to be transported to
• can take and document a patient’s case history, and carry out and document clinical examinations and interventions
• can document a clinical examination
• can administer prehospital pain management in accordance with recognised principles

General competence

The student

• can reflect on how knowledge of the most common diseases and causes of health failure is central to the practice of paramedicine
• understands how disease, poisoning, and injuries manifest through vital signs and symptoms
• can plan and complete work tasks linked to tentative diagnosis and intervention in patients in the most important emergency conditions, diseases and injuries
• can apply clinical guidelines and scholarly articles within the emergency medical domain
• can explain how the medical condition / trauma condition, different health institutions’ treatment capacity, transportation distance and modes of transport affect the choice of prehospital resources and transport destination

Emnet er delt i to:

I teoridelen skal studenten tilegne seg en oversikt over teoretiske problemstillinger og aktuelle temaer som kan være til hjelp i planleggingen av masterstudiet, spesielt med henblikk på masteroppgaven.

I metodedelen skal studenten tilegne seg en bred oversikt over kvantitative og kvalitative metoder som er spesielt relevante i journalistikkforskningen. Emnet vil blant annet ta opp konstruksjon av spørreskjemaer og trekking av utvalg, kvantitativ innholdsanalyse, dokumentanalyse og kildekritikk, diskurs- og tekstanalyse, kvalitative intervjuer og observasjon. Tilnærmingen er tverrvitenskapelig, og det vil bli gitt forskningseksempler på hvordan ulike metoder kan kombineres. Det vil også bli gitt opplæring i bruk av statistikkprogram.

Undervisningen består av forelesninger og seminarer.

I seminarene vil studenten få praktisk trening i idéarbeid, kildesøk og akademisk skriving. Emnet forutsetter høy grad av studentaktivitet i form av presentasjoner, kritisk lesning av andres tekster, oppgaveløsning og idéarbeid.

• En seminarpresentasjon. Ved sykdom eller annen dokumentert tvingende grunn kan det avtales egen frist for presentasjonen med faglærer.
• En beskrivelse av masteroppgaveprosjektet, 3-5 sider i font 12 punkt, Times New Roman og 1,5 linjeavstand, skal leveres faglærer innen en gitt frist.

Ved sykdom eller annen dokumentert tvingende grunn kan det avtales egen frist for presentasjonen med faglærer. Hvis studenten ikke gjennomfører arbeidskravet mister han/hun retten til å gå opp til eksamen.

Vurderingen består av en hjemmeeksamen og en muntlig prøve:

• Ti dagers hjemmeeksamen. Besvarelsen skal være ca. 15 sider i font 12 punkt, Times New Roman og 1,5 linjeavstand, og vurderes etter en skala fra A til F, der E er laveste karakter for bestått.
• Vurderingen avsluttes med en muntlig prøve, der karakteren for den skriftlige besvarelsen kan justeres én karakter opp eller ned.

For å kunne fremstille seg til muntlig eksaminasjon må den skriftlige eksamensdelen være bestått. Kandidater som ikke består eller har gyldig fravær ved ordinær eksamen, kan framstille seg til ny/utsatt eksamen.

Hjemmeeksamen: Alle hjelpemidler er tillatt så lenge regler for kildehenvisning følges.

Muntlig eksamen: Ingen hjelpemidler tillatt.

Gradert skala A-F

Det benyttes ekstern og intern sensor på alle besvarelsene.

• 15 credits overlap with the course PARA2000 Emergency Medicine A
• 5 credits overlap with the course PARA2200 Prehospital Trauma Care
• 15 credits overlap with the course PMED1400 Assessment and Treatment of Acute Sick and Injured Patients, Part 1
• 5 credits overlap with the course PMED1200 Pathology