This course deals with clinical procedures in the face of life-threatening emergencies, so that you will be able to deal with situations that may compromise the patient's life. Learn how to identify, initially treat and transfer a patient in a life-threatening emergency situation"

Medical emergencies require specialized care to ensure that the person's life support is maintained while acting on potential problems in the body's vital systems to prevent future complications to the person's health.

The postgraduate certificate in Vital Emergencies for Nursing is designed to update the nursing professional's knowledge in cardiac, respiratory, neurological, digestive, endocrinometabolic and hydroelectrolytic emergency care, in order to provide quality nursing care to patients with pathologies and health problems with organic and vital system involvement. 

After completing the course, the professional will be able to prioritize situations, solve problems and make decisions in the care of patients in emergency medical situations, both in adult and pediatric patients.

Update your knowledge through the postgraduate certificate in Vital Emergencies for Nursing in a practical way and adapted to your needs"

This postgraduate certificate in Vital Emergencies for Nursing contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features of the program include:

• Clinical cases presented by experts in emergencies
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide provide scientific and healthcare training on those medical disciplines that are essential to professional practice
• New diagnostic and therapeutic developments on the management of cardiovascular and respiratory emergencies and their nursing care
• An algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the clinical different situations presented throughout the course
• All of this will be complemented by 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 certificate may be the best investment you can make when selecting a refresher program, for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in vital emergencies, you will obtain a qualification from TECH Technological University"

Forming part of the teaching staff is a group of professionals in the field of emergencies, who bring to this training their work experience, as well as a group of renowned specialists, recognised by esteemed scientific communities.

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

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the student must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the course. For this reason, you will be assisted by an innovative, interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in the field of emergencies with extensive teaching experience.

This postgraduate certificate allows training in simulated environments, which provides immersive learning programmed to train for real situations"

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

The main objective of the program is to develop theoretical and practical learning, so that the nursing professional can master in a practical and rigorous way the approach to the main vital emergencies in the patient.

This refresher program will generate a sense of security when practising nursing, which will help you grow both personally and professionally”

General Objective

• Udate the knowledge and skills necessary for the nursing professional to face life-threatening emergencies in the different systems of the organism that can compromise the patient's life

Specific Objectives

• Differentiate between the concepts of accidents, emergencies and disasters
• Identify the fundamentals of emergency health care
• Apply clinical and non-clinical professional skills in emergency and disaster medicine
• Use medical records in the emergency department and understand the most relevant legal and ethical aspects of health care in emergencies
• Prioritize, organize and manage patient care in the most efficient way through triage
• Understand the basic workings of an emergency coordination center
• Identify the equipment and the communication systems in an EMS
• Perform and interpret electrocardiograms in emergency situations
• Apply protocols for medical care in cases of heart rhythm alterations
• Identify the life-threatening pathophysiological processes
• Describe 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
• Apply the specific procedures in Acute Coronary Syndrome and assess the possibility of prehospital fibrinolysis
• Know how to address congestive heart failure and acute pulmonary edema
• Know how to address cardiac tamponade and pericardial effusion
• Identify the behavior of a patient with dyspnea in the emergency room
• Handle patients with asthma, bronchospasm, and exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Identify the main emergency neurological disorders
• Describe the out-of-hospital care for neurological vascular disorders and code stroke
• Learn the immediate action in cases of syncope, acute confusional syndrome, headache, coma and vertigo
• Differentiate the main causes of acute abdomen and how to manage acute abdominal pain
• Recognize the principle pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract and the related consequences
• Understand the fundamental alterations of glycemic metabolism
• Understand the main consequences of electrolyte alterations

Seize the opportunity and take the step to get up-to-date on the latest developments in care for patients in a life-threatening situation”