Acute Care - I
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In this period, you will learn what to do when you find someone in distress on the street. Knowledge of, and care for vital functions (heart, lungs, circulation) are paramount.
You will start working with evidence-based medicine and will learn how to search for scientific literature. You’ll learn how to consider your own emotions when acting as a healthcare professional, as well as your jurisdiction and integrity and professional confidentiality.
During this period, you will learn the structure of the acute care chain within the organisation of the (inter)national care system. You become acquainted with the curriculum, with choosing a personal pathway within it and with training your own study skills.
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Performance objectives
The student who enters the scene (i.e. to the patient "on the street"):
- Carries out a first survey in a systematic way according to ABC(DE) system and makes a first assessment of the situation (safety, hygiene) in a rapid manner. (track Med. Prof.)
- Calls for help in an adequate manner, both to the appropriate persons/agencies (general practitioner, 112, ambulance) and with the relevant information (SBARR). (track Med.Prof/ Crit.Prof)
- Demonstrates what to do (clinical skills) and why (explains in his/her own words - theoretical background, pathophysiology and epidemiology) if the patient is unconscious with diminished and/or obstructed breathing, and/or has a circulatory arrest and/or blood loss and if there is a possible trauma. (track Med.Prof/ Crit.Prof)
- Motivates what he/she can and may do in this situation, what not to do and why (competence, integrity, obligations of care, medical futility, professional confidentiality). (track Crit.Prof/ Prof. & Pers. Dev)
- Reflects afterwards on the provided care: own coping, followed procedure, contact with the patient, communication and mutual cooperation and debriefing, and applies feedback. (track Med. Prof/ Crit.Prof/ Prof. & Pers. Dev)
- Is able to analyse and evaluate the basic requirements (including options, evidence (EBM), norms , sources (literature, PICO), epidemiology) for a physician to provide good care in emergency situations, and to define E-health. (track Crit. Prof.)
At the end of this period, the student can:.
- explain the structure of the bachelor's curriculum and the expectations regarding professionalism, and own motivation. (track Med. Prof/ Crit. Prof/ Prof. & Pers. Dev)
- describe several learning strategies, give and deal with feedback and can describe his/her own learning preferences. (track Prof. & Pers. Dev)