Nursing in Emergency Situations and Catastrophe

Objectives

Information available soon.

Program

Concepts about magnitude of events and exception situation.

The national and regional organisational structure for emergency and disaster response.

 The victim assistance team: dynamics, elements, functions, and communication.

      From Basic Life Support to Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Resuscitation team: elements, dynamics, and communication

Systematic approach: BLSD and ALS algorithm

 Treatment and care in situations requiring ALS, such as asystole, fibrillation, and ventricular tachycardia

Application of the ALS algorithm in the situations studied

BLS training with AED

        Pre-hospital trauma

 Definition of trauma and the concept of trauma as a disease

 Importance of trauma prevention

Training, strategies, and equipment for trauma victim care

 Trauma kinematics (Laws of motion energy and biomechanics of trauma)

Examination of trauma victims Multivictim situations - the START screening method

 Action in multi-victim accidents

 Thoracic trauma

 Traumatic brain injury

 End injuries

 Abdominal trauma

 Techniques for mobilisation and immobilisation of trauma victims

     Ethical and legal questions of nursing in emergency and catastrophe

Teaching Methodologies

This curricular unit is developed in theoretical, practical, and practical classes. Taking into account the principles of adult education and training and the philosophy behind the Bologna Process, which is student-centred, will be mobilised through theoretical and practical sessions, participative, active and demonstrative methodologies and simulation, Role playing, according to the class typology.

Bibliography

American Heart Association (2016). Manual de Suporte Avançado de Vida para profissionais de saúde (versão brasileira)

Conselho Português de Ressuscitação (2016). Manual do curso de Suporte Básico de Vida com Desfibrilhação Automática Externa. 1ª ed. European Resuscitation Council,

National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (2017). Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS). Mosby. 9th Edition

Ordem dos Enfermeiros (2008). Proposta de criação do técnico de emergência pré-hospitalar - Parecer do Conselho de Enfermagem Nº 84/2008 [Em linha]. [Consult. 23 Jan. 2011]. Disponível em WWW:http://www.ordemenfermeiros.pt/documentos/Documents/Parecer_CE-84-2008.pdf.

Veenema, G.T /2013) Disaster nursing and Emergency Preparedness for Chemical, Biological and Radiological Terrorism and other Hazards. New York: Ed Springer Publishing Company 3ª Ed Legislação para Consulta:

Regulamento do Exercício Profissional do Enfermeiro – Decreto-Lei nº 161/96 de 04 de setembro (com as alterações introduzidas pelo Decreto-Lei nº 104/98 de 21 de abril).

Estatuto da Ordem dos Enfermeiros – Lei nº 8/2014 de 20 fevereiro Regulamento do Perfil de Competências do Enfermeiro de Cuidados Gerais – Regulamento nº 190/2015 de 23 de abril