The quality of urgent patient care is conditioned by professionals having up-to-date knowledge of the care they provide. Update on the nursing procedures and care that professionals must provide patients with acute pathology in primary care”

Emergency healthcare is an essential element in a health system as quality and ongoing patient care must be guaranteed. 

Primary care represents the gateway to the health system and is considered the first level of care. Sometimes patients are received with potentially serious conditions that require immediate and complex action, generally with scarce resources, which makes the role played by nursing personnel and the rest of the health team that responds to emergencies in primary care a key one.  

This program in Nursing in Life Threatening Emergencies in Primary Care is intends to provide nursing professionals with an update based on the latest scientific evidence and the experience of recognized professionals in the field of primary care, which offers operating standards in the face of life-threatening emergencies in daily clinical practice that will help them make agile and accurate decisions. 

It also addresses organizational aspects in emergency services, staffing and equipment, with emphasis on the differential characteristics of primary care versus specialized care.

Update your knowledge of urgent pathologies in primary care with this postgraduate diploma to improve prognosis and reduce sequelae and complications”

This postgraduate diploma in Nursing in Life Threatening Emergencies in Primary Care contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• Clinical cases presented by experts on the matter The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Diagnostic and therapeutic innovations in treating patients with emergency pathologies of endocrinometabolic, cardiac, respiratory and infectious etiology in primary care settings
• Workshops on nursing techniques: interpreting electrocardiography or ultrasound in emergencies, mechanical ventilation, etc.
• Presentation of practical workshops on procedures diagnosis, and treatment techniques
• An algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the clinical situations presented throughout the course
• Includes theoretical lectures, questions to the expert, discussion forums on controversial issues and individual reflection papers
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

Update your knowledge of urgent pathologies in primary care with this postgraduate diploma to improve prognosis and reduce sequelae and complications”

The teaching staff includes leading nursing professionals, who contribute their work experience to this refresher program, in addition to other specialist professionals in primary healthcare.

Thanks to its multimedia content developed with the latest educational technology, they will allow the professional a situated and contextual learning, that is to say, a simulated environment that will provide immersiveeducation programmed to learn in real situations.

The program is designed based on Problem-Based Learning, whereby students must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. To that end, they will be assisted by an innovative, interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in primary care emergencies who have extensive teaching experience.

This postgraduate diploma offers education in simulated environments, which provides an immersive learning experience designed to prepare for real-life situations"

It includes clinical cases to bring the program as close as possible to the reality of nursing care"

The program focuses on reviewing the main aspects of managing acute pathology patients in primary care based on scientific evidence and the experience of recognized professionals.

This specialization will give you a sense of confidence when taking decisions and providing care, which will help you grow both personally and professionally”

General objective

• Update diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for the most frequent urgent and emergency situations that nurses usually deal with in primary care 

Specific objectives

Module 1. Organizational Aspects of the Emergency Department 

• Define the structure and organization of emergency services in primary care
• Understand the importance of medical records in the emergency department and understand the most relevant legal and ethical aspects of health care in emergencies in primary care 
• Understand the role played by health professionals in primary care emergencies 

Module 2. Cardiac Emergencies 

• Identify the symptoms of the different types of high-risk syncope 
• Define the different conditions that cause chest pain and apply the appropriate protocols in each case 
• Recognize the different signs and symptoms typical of ischemic heart disease 
• Learn to adequately use comprehensive action plans for the Heart Attack Code 
• Apply the specific procedures in acute coronary syndrome and assess the possibility of prehospital fibrinolysis 
• Identify the signs and symptoms of patients who come to the primary care center with pericarditis 
• Resolve a hypertensive emergency situation using the updated procedure of care

Module 3. Advanced Cardiovascular Support and Invasive Techniques in the Emergency Room 

• Interpret the main signs to properly analyze an electrocardiogram in urgent and emergency situations in primary care 
• Use general procedures and techniques applied to critical patients in emergency situations 
• Get up to date on the therapeutic model in atrial fibrillation according to the latest scientific evidence 
• Apply up-to-date basic and advanced CPR techniques for all ages
• Demonstrate the correct sequence of transcutaneous pacemaker application 
• Define proper use of pulse oximetry and capnography devices

Module 4. Pneumological Emergencies 

• Incorporate advances in the appropriate management of patients with congestive heart failure and acute pulmonary edema 
• Review the basic concepts of non-invasive mechanical ventilation management
• Correct use of non-invasive mechanical ventilation through the Boussignac CPAP System 
• Identify the different vital rhythms to apply the appropriate algorithm for advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation, according to the latest scientific evidence on advanced cardiovascular support 
• Adequately define the different parameters involved in invasive mechanical ventilation 
• Get up to date on treatment to resolve an acute decompensation in a dyspneic patient 
• Recognize the differential diagnosis between the asthmatic patient, bronchospasm, and exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 
• Review the pathophysiology involved in an asthmatic crisis 
• Use pharmacological treatment measures in pneumonia 
• Identify the main clinical signs and symptoms of pneumothorax 
• Identify the signs and symptoms of massive pulmonary embolism 
• Differentiate the different levels of health care in a patient with hemoptysis and assess the criteria for hospital referral 
• Identify the concept of a patient that has almost drowned

Module 5. Neurological Emergencies 

• Describe the initial management of the main neurological emergencies in out-of-hospital settings 
• Learn to adequately use comprehensive action plans for the stroke code 
• Differentiate immediate and appropriate action in acute confusional syndrome, headache and seizures 
• Recognize and resolve a seizure situation 
• Describe the different types of headaches and the appropriate treatment in each case 
• Recognize a coma situation without any doubt

Module 6. Digestive Emergencies 

• Identify the signs and symptoms of the main gastrointestinal tract conditions and their repercussions 
• Differentiate the main causes of acute abdomen and manage acute abdominal pain in primary care 
• Review the pathophysiology of an intestinal obstruction process 
• Express the different manifestations resulting from biliary diseases 
• Recognize the specific pathological picture of upper gastrointestinal bleeding 
• Use the different complementary tests to diagnose an ingested foreign body

Module 7. Pharmacology in Emergencies 

• Manage frequently used medication in emergency medicine and urgent care 
• Distinguish between the different types of fluid therapy 
• Point out the different drugs used for sedation, pain relief, and relaxation in emergency medicine

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