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Teacher Guglielmo Imbriaco
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Credits 2
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Teaching Mode Traditional lectures
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Language Italian
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Campus of Bologna
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Degree Programme First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 8473)
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Course Timetable from Oct 06, 2021 to Dec 22, 2021
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.

Academic Year 2021/2022
Course contents
- Definition of the key-concept of "critical care"
- Characteristics of the intensive care units (structure, equipment, staffing)
- Monitoring in the intensive care unit
- Tools and evaluation scales in the critical care setting:
- Glasgow Coma Scale - GCS
- Richmond Agitation e Sedation Scale (RASS)
- Behavioral Pain Scale (BPS)
- Critical Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT)
- Braden scale and risk assessment of pressure injuries
- Prehospital emergency medical systems: history, legislation, organization and future persepctives
- Patients’ care in the prehospital emergency setting:
- nursing algorithms (Emilia-Romagna region, 2016)
- ABCDE approach
- chest pain nursing management
- trauma
- cardiac arrest
- pain treatment in the prehospital environment
- Nursing care in the Emergency Department: Triage and fast-track pathways: stroke, trauma, and acute coronary syndromes
- Airway management, from basic to advances techniques: oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal cannulae, tracheal intubation, extra-glottic devices (laryngeal tube, laryngeal mask), tracheal introducers, optical laryngoscopes, fibroscopy and fiberoptic intubation
- Mechanical ventilation:
- pressure-control and volume-control, controlled and assisted modalities, materials and nursing management (pulmonary ventilators, circuits, tracheal suctioning, humidification systems)
- Non-invasive ventilation (NIV):
- modalities (CPAP and Bi-Level), devices (face masks, nasal masks, and helmet) and nursing management
- modalities (CPAP and Bi-Level), devices (face masks, nasal masks, and helmet) and nursing management
- Nursing for neurosurgical patients and traumatic brain injuries
- Intracranic pressure and cerebral perfusion pressure monitoring
- Drainages
- Vascular accesses in the emergency setting and in the intensive care unit:
- central venous catheters (CICC, FICC, PICC), rationale and management
- arterial catheters and invasive pressure monitoring
- Intraosseous access
- Patient care in the intensive care unit
- Interventional Patient Hygiene Model
- Body hygiene and skin care
- Eye care
- Oral care
- CRRT – continuous renal replacement therapy, indications, methods, materials and nursing management
- Patient’s centered care in the critical setting
- Characteristic of patients in the ICU setting: complications and preventive strategies
- Prevention of health care associated infections in the ICU setting
- Delirium in the critically ill patient
- Nutritional facts in the ICU
- ACBDE bundle
Office hours
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