This postgraduate certificate deals with the procedures for the use of the main drugs used in medical emergencies, so that you will be able to face those situations in which the patient suffers a serious emergency situation and manage with rigor the pharmacological therapeutics"

Medication-related errors are a cause of patient safety incidents. There are many reasons that contribute to these safety failures, hence the importance of constantly updating knowledge in pharmacology to improve the clinical safety dimension. 

This postgraduate certificate in Emergency Pharmacology for Nurses aims to update the nursing professional in the knowledge and safe management of the most commonly used drugs in daily practice in the field of emergencies. Using them based on the latest scientific evidence in the medical treatment of healthcare processes with the aim of minimizing the risks of their administration.

Update your knowledge through the postgraduate certificate in Emergency Pharmacology for Nurses in a practical way and adapted to your needs"

This postgraduate certificate in Emergency Pharmacology for Nurses 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 eminently practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Diagnostic and therapeutic novelties on protocols for the use of pharmacology in emergencies by the nursing professional
• An algorithmbased 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 in the selection of a refresher program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in emergency pharmacology, you will obtain a certificate 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.

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 training program to train in real situations.

The design of the program is based on Problem-Based Learning, by means of which the nursing professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. 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 offers training in simulated environments, which provides an immersive learning experience designed to train for real-life situations"

It includes clinical cases to bring the program's degree as close as possible to the reality of care in Nursing"

The main objective of the program is the development of theoretical and practical learning, so that the nursing professional achieves a rigorous mastery of the approach to the patient in an emergency situation.

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

General Objective

• Update the nursing professional in the use of pharmacological therapeutics in urgent and emergency situations, in order to provide quality medical care to the seriously ill patient

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
• Update knowledge on how an emergency coordination center works
• Identify the equipment and the communication systems in an EMS
• Describe the main routes of administration of drugs used in the different emergency departments
• Explain the principles of safety in drug handling
• List drugs frequently used in emergency medicine, indications and contraindications
• Describe the formulas for dose calculation
• Update the procedures for the management of fluid therapy and the situations in which its use is indicated