Thanks to this Postgraduate certificate, based on Relearning, you will acquire advanced skills to optimize your care for patients going through life-threatening emergencies”

Industry 4.0. has led to a positive impact for the Critical Care Unit, where nurses provide comprehensive clinical care to ensure the improvement of the health status of users. In turn, this has led to constant updates in the established protocols, causing professionals to have to implement them in their day-to-day work very quickly.

This can have negative consequences, as these changes require regular specialization of nursing staff to keep abreast of the latest recommendations and practices.

For this reason, TECH implements a revolutionary Postgraduate certificate in Update in Advanced Life Support for Nursing. Designed by experts in this area, the academic itinerary will delve into the initial assessment of the scenes, so that professionals can take the necessary safety measures to safeguard the health of users. Likewise, the syllabus will provide keys for the management of difficult venous access, as well as for the proper administration of drugs or fluids. In relation to this, the didactic materials will provide innovative techniques for graduates to provide first-rate clinical care to postoperative cardiovascular patients and perform adequate monitoring to assess how they respond to therapeutic treatments.

To consolidate all this content, TECH uses the avant-garde method of Relearning, which consists of the progressive reiteration of key concepts for their correct assimilation. In addition, the university program provides graduates with a variety of real case studies, allowing professionals to exercise in simulated environments to bring them closer to the reality of emergency care. In this sense, to access the educational resources nurses will only require an electronic device capable of connecting to the Internet.

A university program that will give you flexibility thanks to its 100% online format. TECH adapts to the schedules of busy professionals!”

This Postgraduate certificate in Update in Advanced Life Support for Nursing contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• The development of case studies presented by experts in Advanced Life Support and Monitoring in the Critical Patient for Nursing
• The graphic, schematic and eminently practical contents with which it is conceived gather scientific and practical information on those disciplines that are indispensable for professional practice
• Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
• 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

You will delve into Pharmacodynamics to understand how drugs interact with the body to produce their therapeutic effects”

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the field who contribute their work experience to this educational program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive education programmed to learn in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the course. For this purpose, students will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.

You will learn the most innovative techniques for establishing and maintaining an adequate airway in patients whose clinical situation makes this fundamental process difficult"

Specialized readings will allow you to further extend the scrupulous information provided in this academic option"

Through this Postgraduate certificate, nursing professionals will equip their daily practice with the skills and knowledge required to provide high quality emergency care. To achieve this, the syllabus will address in detail issues such as the management of difficult venous access, drug administration or out-of-hospital sample analyzers. In line with this, the syllabus will focus on the clinical approach to pregnant women, since they are considered a high-risk group. In this way, the didactic materials will provide graduates with advanced techniques to respond quickly and safely to critical situations.

You will have access to an academic itinerary designed by a distinguished teaching team, which will guarantee you a fruitful learning process”

Module 1. Update in Advanced Life Support for Nursing

1.1. Advanced Life Support Infrastructure for Nursing

1.1.1. Human Resources in Out-of-Hospital
1.1.2. Out-of-Hospital Material Resources
1.1.3. In-Hospital Human Resources
1.1.4. In-Hospital Material Resources

1.2. Initial Assessment of the Context for Nursing

1.2.1. Scene Assessment
1.2.2. Safety Assessment
1.2.3. Situation Assessment

1.3. Difficult Airway Management for Nursing

1.3.1. Initial Assessment and Indications
1.3.2. Equipment and Management
1.3.3. Monitoring and Follow-Up

1.4. Management of Difficult Venous Access for Nursing

1.4.1. Initial Assessment and Indications
1.4.2. Equipment and Management
1.4.3. Monitoring and Follow-Up

1.5. Administration of Drugs and Fluids in Advanced Life Support for Nursing

1.5.1. Pharmacodynamics
1.5.2. Pharmacokinetics
1.5.3. Administration Management and Patient Safety

1.6. Management of Advanced Life Support in the Adult Patient for Nursing

1.6.1. Indications and Epidemiology
1.6.2. Management of Tachycardias
1.6.3. Management of Bradycardias

1.7. Management of Advanced Life Support in the Pediatric Patient for Nursing

1.7.1. Indications and Epidemiology
1.7.2. Management of Advanced Life Support in Neonates
1.7.3. Management of Advanced Life Support in Pediatric Patients

1.8. Out-of-hospital specimen Analyzers for Nursing

1.8.1. Types of Out-of-Hospital Analyzers
1.8.2. Indications
1.8.3. Nursing Management

1.9. Advanced Life Support Training for Nursing

1.9.1. American Heart Association (AHA)
1.9.2. European Resuscitation Council (ERC)
1.9.3. Differences and Similarities

1.10. Community Education in Advanced Life Support by Nursing

1.10.1. Applications and Smart Phones
1.10.2. Special Cardiac Arrest Days
1.10.3. First Aid in the Community

Module 2. Advanced Life Support in the Adult Patient and Pregnant Woman for Nursing

2.1. Hypoxemia Management for Nursing

2.1.1. Asthma and COPD
2.1.2. Foreign Body Airway Obstruction (FBAO)
2.1.3. Tension Pneumothorax

2.2.  Hypovolemia Management for Nursing

2.2.1. Traumatic Cardiac Arrest
2.2.2. Cardiac Arrest due to Anaphylaxis
2.2.3. Cardiac Arrest due to Sepsis

2.3. Nursing Management of Ionic Disturbance

2.3.1. Cardiac Arrest due to Hyperkalemia
2.3.2. Cardiac Arrest due to Hypokalemia
2.3.3. Cardiac Arrest due to Hypoglycemia

2.4. Temperature Management for Nursing

2.4.1. Temperature Management
2.4.2. Cardiac Arrest due to Hypothermia
2.4.3. Cardiac Arrest due to Hyperthermia

2.5. Nursing Management of Thrombotic Episodes

2.5.1. Cardiac Arrest due to Pulmonary Thromboembolism
2.5.2. Cardiac Arrest due to Coronary Thrombosis
2.5.3. Cardiac Arrest due to Cardiac Tamponade

2.6. Management of Postoperative Cardiovascular Patients (Cardiac Surgical Unit-Advanced Life Support (CALS) for Nursing) 

2.6.1. Indications
2.6.2. Recommendations and Differences
2.6.3. Emergency Resternotomy

2.7. Nursing Management of the Pregnant Woman

2.7.1. Epidemiological and Pathophysiological Analysis
2.7.2. Special Considerations in CPR
2.7.3. Ethical and Legal Aspects

2.8. Management of the Polytraumatized Patient for Nursing

2.8.1. Evolution
2.8.2. Initial Assessment: ABCDE and CPR
2.8.3. Secondary Assessment: Cranioencephalic, Thoracic, Abdominal, Pelvis, Vertebral, Limb Fracture Trauma

2.9. Accident Management for Nursing

2.9.1. Dysbaric Accident
2.9.2. Drowning
2.9.3. Crush Syndrome
2.9.4. Impalement

2.10. Management in Different Locations for Nursing

2.10.1. Medical Transport
2.10.2. Sports
2.10.3. Multiple Casualty Incidents

You will have access to a library of multimedia resources 7 days a week, 24 hours a day"