University of Colorado Boulder - Medical Emergencies: CPR, Toxicology, and Wilderness
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Medical Emergencies: CPR, Toxicology, and Wilderness at Coursera Overview
Duration | 13 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Medical Emergencies: CPR, Toxicology, and Wilderness at Coursera Highlights
- This Course Plus the Full Specialization.
- Shareable Certificates.
- Graded Programming Assignments.
Medical Emergencies: CPR, Toxicology, and Wilderness at Coursera Course details
- In this course, you will develop the knowledge and skills to assess and stabilize certain types of patients for transport. By the end of this course, you will be able to: (1) Identify the signs and symptoms associated with a patient in shock, to describe the major categories of shock, to assess a patient with signs of shock and formulate a plan for treatment to stabilize the patient for transport, (2) Identify a patient in cardiac arrest and to describe the components of high performance CPR including placement of an AED, components of quality chest compressions, and options for oxygenation, (3) Identify a patient with under the influence of a drug of abuse or a toxicologic ingestion, assess a patient with a potential or known ingestion, and to formulate a plan for treatment and stabilization for transport including that of a violent patient, (4) Identify the symptoms associated with the most common environmental emergencies including hypothermia, hyperthermia, lightning strike and drowning, to assess patients with an environmental emergency and to describe initial treatment and stabilization for transportation and (5) Understanding your patient's story as well as to think critically about the complaint and symptoms associated with the gastrointestinal track, renal system, and the reproductive system.
Medical Emergencies: CPR, Toxicology, and Wilderness at Coursera Curriculum
Cardiac Arrest and Shock
Mastering Medicine - Part 2
States of Shock and Principles of Resuscitation
Introduction to Shock
Categories of Shock
Stages of Shock
Evaluation and Treatment of Shock
Cardiac Arrest Overview
Cardiac Arrest Principles
High Performance Resuscitation
Other Cardiac Arrest Considerations
Automated External Defibrillators (AED)
Chest Compressions
High Performance CPR
Epinephrine Auto-injector
Bag Valve Mask (BVM)
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Course Information
Categories of Shock
High Performance CPR
NREMT - AED Checklist
Cardiac Arrest and Shock Assessment
Toxicology and Substance Abuse
Introduction to Toxicology and Substances
Common Substances of Abuse: Alcohol
Common Substances of Abuse: Stimulants, Opiates, and Cannabis
Other Substances of Abuse
The Assessment of the Poisoned Patient
Treatment of the Poisoned Patient
Psychiatric Diseases
Behavioural Emergencies
Managing the Violent Patient
Intramuscular Medication Administration
Intranasal Medication Administration
Common Substances of Abuse
Other Substances of Abuse
Psychiatric Diseases
Behavioural Emergencies
Toxicology and Substance Abuse Assessment
Not All Who Wander Are Tox
Not All Who Wander Are Tox
Environmental Emergencies
Hypothermic Patient
Management of the Hypothermic Patient
Hyperthermic Patient
When Lightning Strikes
Altitude and Water
Geriatric Patients
Patient with Special Challenges
Envenomation
Hypothermia
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine
Geriatric Patient
Not All Who Wander Are Tox Assessment
Blood and Guts
Other Emergency Situations
My Stomach Hurts
Digestive Tract Disorders
Liver Disease and the Aorta
Renal Emergencies
Ovaries and Testes
Abdominal Pain
Blood Disorders
What We've Learned So Far
Epistaxis
Referred Pain
Renal Emergencies
Abdominal Pain
Anatomy of the Abdomen
Practice Assessment (Optional)
Epistaxis
Blood and Guts Assessment
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