Severe Trauma Care for Nurses

This Postgraduate Certificate deals with the procedures to be performed by the nursing professional in trauma emergencies, so that you will be able to face situations in which the patient suffers a serious trauma that can also compromise his or her life. Learn how to identify, initially treat and transfer a patient in a life-threatening emergency situation"

Every year, a large number of deaths occur in our country as a result of traffic, occupational or domestic accidents. If we take into account that almost half of the mortality occurs in the first two hours after the trauma, the need for a process focused on emergency care for the severely traumatized patient and for nursing professionals trained to meet this demand in order to reduce mortality is evident.

This program is designed to update nursing procedures in trauma emergencies, and enables the nursing professional to perform an initial assessment of the severity of the trauma, in order to guide the selection of the most appropriate health care resource in the shortest possible time, and to stratify the risk of death and severely disabling sequelae in order to identify which patients require referral to a hospital.

Update your knowledge through the Postgraduate Certificate in Severe Trauma Care for Nurses in a practical way and adapted to your needs"

This Postgraduate Certificate in Severe Trauma Care 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 innovations on acting before trauma emergencies
• Include nursing care procedures for the polytraumatized patient
• 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 when choosing a refresher program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in trauma emergenies, you will obtain a Postgraduate 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 Postgraduate Certificate. 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 program 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 structure of the contents has been designed by a team of professionals who recognise the implications of education in daily medical praxis for emergency trauma care, aware of the relevance of current preparation to treat patients with emergency pathologies and who are committed to quality teaching using new educational technologies.

This Postgraduate Certificate in Severe Trauma Care for Nurses contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market”

Module 1. General aspects

1.1. Definitions and Concepts
1.2. Comprehensive Study of Health Emergencies
1.3. Functions of Emergency and Disaster Nursing
1.4. Bioethics in Emergencies and Disasters

Module 2. Adult and Pediatric Severe Trauma Care

2.1. General aspects
2.2. Biomechanics of Accidents
2.3. Primary and Secondary Assessment
2.4. TBI
2.5. Thoracic Trauma
2.6. Abdominal Trauma
2.7. Vertebral Trauma and Spinal Cord Injury
2.8. Trauma of the Locomotor System
2.9. Injuries
2.10. Hypovolemic Shock
2.11. Pediatric Trauma
2.12. Trauma During Pregnancy
2.13. Special Traumas

2.13.1. Crush Syndrome
2.13.2. Shock or Blast Wave Injuries

2.14. Injuries due to Physical, Chemical and Environmental Agents

2.14.1. Bites and Stings
2.14.2. Dysbarism

2.15. Analgesia and Sedation
2.16. Mobilization and Immobilization. Materials and Techniques
2.17. Rescue and Medical Care in Confined and Remote Places

A unique, key, and decisive training experience to boost your professional development”