Introduction to the Science of Prehospital Critical Care (MPH120)

Content

• The organization of EMS and the challenges of delivering high-quality emergency care in the resource- limited prehospital environment
• Identification of the time-critical non-traumatic emergency patient
• Pathophysiology, clinical presentation, current research and pre-hospital critical care options in selected emergency situation
• The specific patient related topics covered will include:
• Respiratory emergencies
• Cardiocirculatory emergencies
• Neurologic emergencies
• Specific medical emergencies or sub-groups of patients
• Inter-professional teamwork and team resource management in prehospital patient management
• Critical decision making in prehospital critical emergency medicine
• Strategies for self-evaluation in the treatment of the critically ill patient
• Strategies for analyzing and evaluating the standard of treatment provided for the critically ill patient by the participants own EMS
• Organization of prehospital patient management and patient flow
• Strong focus on identification and understanding of medical literature supporting daily medical practice
• Introduction to medical argumentation
• Introduction to scientific writing including plagiarism

Learning outcome

A candidate who has completed this course should have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills, and general competence:

Knowledge

The candidate:

• Has advanced knowledge of scientific literature and interpretation of research data relevant to prehospital critical care
• Has thorough knowledge of scientific writing, including referencing, structure and plagiarism and can apply this knowledge in their own scientific writing
• Has thorough knowledge of and can analyse different EMS systems from the individual provider level to the systemic level and the interaction with cooperating agencies and hospital systems.

Skills

The candidate

• Can independently search for and identify scientific papers in prehospital critical care
• Can demonstrate competence in scientific reading and interpretation of data obtained from databases
• Can identify, explain, and analyse different study types
• Can discuss, reflect upon, and analyse the latest scientific evidence and current best practice in key areas of prehospital critical emergency medicine with focus on the application and the implementation in emergency medical services (EMS)
• Can demonstrate the ability to collaborate with other students in workshops and present scientific results to an audience
• Can appraise different strategies of high-quality patient management, both on an individual provider level and on a systemic level

General Competence

The candidate

• Can apply knowledge of how to critically review new research and scientific literature
• Can discuss and convey the implications of new research and scientific literature on current practice, both on the individual provider- and systemic level.
• Can apply their knowledge of how to plan and execute management of patients with critical non-traumatic medical emergencies according to current medical evidence and current best practice in a way that can contribute to new thinking and innovation within the prehospital critical care field

Required prerequisite knowledge

Exam

Coursework requirements

1. All students must select a scientific paper reporting on a study within prehospital emergency medical care, critically read the selected paper and prepare a brief oral presentation.
2. 80% class attendance. If more than 50% attendance is achieved the student will be given an individual evaluation.
3. The mandatory web seminar on scientific writing incl. plagiarism requires 100% attendance which is not included in the overall 80% class attendance. If the student fails to attend, a comprehensive text on scientific writing incl. plagiarism must be submitted and approved before the course exam can be taken.

All of the coursework reqirements must be approved before a candidate can attend examinations in this course.

Course teacher(s)

Course coordinator:

Study Program Director:

Method of work

Open for

Course assessment

Literature