Knowing the correct treatment to administer to patients with polytrauma or severe burns is a skill that significantly enriches the professional's curriculum and positions them as a nurse of prestige"

Currently, one of the most complex healthcare environments to work in are the Accident and Emergency care departments of hospitals and all types of health centers. This is because the professionals who work there encounter critical situations of all kinds on a daily basis which put their response capacities and knowledge on trial. In the field of Nursing, the same situation arises; therefore, TECH professionals have designed this complete program which aims to educate Nursing professionals, so they are able to work in these environments with a much higher degree of success in their interventions, especially in cases of patients with major burns and polytrauma. 

In this sense, trauma is one of the main causes of mortality among young people, therefore, knowledge about the advanced approach to this pathology is crucial for nurses performing primary care in the emergency department. This postgraduate diploma will address the guidelines for a correct assessment and identification of trauma patients, as well as the most advanced treatments and associated therapies that help in healing. 

In this regard, this program will address those activities that Nursing professionals should be aware of and that are necessary when treating patients with polytrauma. Some of these include advanced suturing techniques or splinting; where pain management must be addressed holistically throughout the patient's care. 

On the other hand, to provide a comprehensive care, the assistance must be understood as a whole, in which the ethical-legal aspects, the reasons for emergency saturation that will cause the patient to stay longer than necessary in the emergency department, as well as the most important aspects of patient safety, the main axis of all assistance, must be complied with.  

All this in a 100% online program that allows the professional to study where and when they want, only requiring a device with Internet connection. This way, you will not have to neglect your professional and personal obligations to continue learning to become a top-notch nurse. 

Improve your knowledge in comprehensive care in polytrauma and major burns through this program, where you will find the best didactic material with real cases" 

This postgraduate diploma in Comprehensive Emergency Care in Polytrauma and Major Burns contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• The graphic, schematic and practical contents of the course are designed to provide all the essential information required for professional practice
• Exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• An algorithm-based interactive learning system, designed for decision-making for patients with nutritional problems
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

This postgraduate diploma is the best investment you can make when selecting a refresher program, for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in polytrauma and major burns, you will obtain a qualification by TECH"

The program's teaching staff includes professionals from the fields of Medicine and Nursing, who bring their work experience to this education, as well as renowned specialists from prestigious reference societies and universities. 

Its multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will allow the professional a situated and contextual learning, that is, a simulated environment that will provide an immersive education programmed to prepare in real situations. 

The design of this program focuses on Problem Based Learning, by means of which the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that are presented throughout the academic course. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and highly experienced experts in emergency nursing. 

The postgraduate diploma allows education through simulated environments, which provide immersive learning programmed to prepare for real situations"

This 100% online postgraduate diploma will allow you to balance your studies with your professional work while expanding your knowledge in this field.

The main objective of the program is the development of theoretical and practical learning, so that the professional achieves in a practical and rigorous way the study of Accidents, Advanced Emergencies and Disasters in the daily practice of their profession. In this sense, the postgraduate diploma in Comprehensive Emergency Care in Polytrauma and Major Burns responds to the continuous demand of professionals for quality study, which serve as a means to use the different types of approaches and treatments as a preventive or therapeutic tool in maintaining the health of their patients in the emergency room. 

With this TECH program, only one goal is set: propel you to succeed professionally in your career as an emergency nurse" 

General Objectives

• Acquire the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes in the area of emergencies that allow, in an adequate manner, to make decisions in critical moments based to the patient's needs
• Examine the main bioethical issues and be able to deal with them
• Recognize the characteristics of emergency saturation to adopt a proactive attitude anticipating in the decision-making process
• Enable students to develop competencies that will allow them to plan objectives and strategies in accordance with the guidelines of the health organization
• Identify the main resources involved in out-of-hospital health care
• Develop the different victim classification systems in any field or environment
• Describe the different interventions developed in a large-scale event
• Learn to manage the different areas of an event involving a large number of people affected by it
• Delve into the advanced management of patients with severe trauma, major burns and their associated complications
• Review the main damage control resuscitation strategies and their application in different health care settings
• Examine the effective strategies for the patient's pain control from a biopsychosocial approach

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Management and Planning of Care in Accidents, Emergencies and Disasters

• Know the fundamentals and historical evolution of Accident and Emergency health care as well as the new therapeutic approaches currently available
• Acquire knowledge on epidemiology in Accident and Emergency Services; plasticity and elasticity in situations of saturation, and their functional and structural re-organization in special situations (epidemics and pandemics)
• Understand the most relevant legal and ethical aspects of health care in Accident and Emergency services. Expand theoretical knowledge and its clinical applicability
• Identify the main ethical dilemmas in Accident and Emergency departments. Know the bioethical principles and their prioritization in pandemic situations
• Review humanization in emergency services and the peculiarity of its implementation. Learn the Emergency Nursing profile characteristics, as well as their different professional roles
• Increase knowledge of emergency department management, peculiarities and challenges, as well as quality definition and assessment: criteria and indicators
• Know and apply the tools for quality management Identify the most common concepts and terms related to quality management Apply the most widely used models: ISO 9001, EFQM
• Develop in depth knowledge of standardized nursing language (NANDA, NOC, NIC interrelationships) for subsequent application in emergency departments
• Acquire knowledge of the types of resources for emergency health care and their impact on the health care system 
• Review the medical-legal aspects of patient safety and its multidisciplinary approach
• Acquire knowledge related to patient safety, as well as the measures to improve patient safety in this area, as a key component of the quality of care

Module 2. Triage. Advanced Disaster Management

• Delve into the different care models and the structural and functional peculiarities of Accident and Emergency services
• Delve into the coordination between the different services of the health system aimed at providing assistance to patients with emergency conditions
• Increase knowledge about Nurse Life Support, professional role and future challenges for the profession
• Know the types and characteristics of incidents with multiple victims and their special approach
• Fostering an attitude of responsibility when dealing with a disaster
• Obtain knowledge and skills on the main types of triage, both in-hospital and out-of-hospital, and triage in special situations, as well as the prioritization and implementation of new technologies in triage systems
• Know the types and characteristics of CBRN incidents: triage, operating procedures, sanitary zoning and hospital preparedness
• Learn about victim management in special situations and emergency response identification and framework
• Show a variety of situations with which health care personnel must deal with
• Gain an in-depth knowledge of the different types of medical transport used today and their evolution throughout history 
• Develop knowledge of the fundamental characteristics of each type of patient transport and transfer

Module 3. Advanced Approach to Trauma Emergencies

• Develop the epidemiology related to the severe trauma patient and the epidemiological magnitude involved
• Delve into the assessment and stabilization of the trauma patient, with specific procedures and techniques throughout the process of emergency health care treatment
• Learn about resuscitation therapies related to major trauma, with a focus on damage control resuscitation
• Describe the action plan for a "Polytrauma Code"
• Get up to date on mobilization and immobilization protocol for trauma patients
• Acquire advanced knowledge of burns, both in their assessment and management
• Plan nursing care based on identified problems
• Demonstrate the main therapeutic techniques and nursing care related to fractures and dislocations
• Delve into pain management and acquire skills to perform advanced care

An intensive course that will allow you to become a Specialist in Nursing and Care of the Child with Solid Neoplasia in a short period of time and with the greatest flexibility"