Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Nursing and Advanced Practice

Learning Methods

Lecture

Online

Module Offerings

7007NAPPG-APR-CTY

7007NAPPG-SEP-CTY

Aims

The aim of this module is to enable the student to explore the management of patients in emergencies across a multitude of settings. Critical consideration will be given to the underpinning principles and drivers of emergency management and emergency presentations will be examined across a range of system based approaches. 

Learning Outcomes

1.
Critically discuss contemporary theory and practice for the effective management of the patient presenting in an emergency.
  • Organisation
2.
Demonstrate an evidence-based approach to managing patients presenting with an emergency condition
  • Organisation
  • Problem solving
3.
Critically examine the policies, political drivers and incident management of an emergency situation
  • Organisation
4.
Critically consider developments and innovation in relation to emergency management
  • Creativity

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:
This module enables the student to explore the drivers both political and policy related, in relation to the management of the emergency presentation. The module enables the consideration of contemporary management of patients presenting with emergency conditions, and these will be explored across the systems. 

The module runs over 15 weeks and will consist of 12 x 3 hour face to face sessions that are lecture/seminar based in delivery with the opportunity for workshops and tutorial support as well as discussion. The lecture delivery hours that will require attendance on campus for face to face learning opportunities or activities that may consist of lectures, seminars, role play, workshops and classroom activities and/or simulation. 

The module has been mapped to the Multiprofessional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice in England (HEE, 2017) and covers the following core capabilities:

1.2; 1.4; 1.7; 1.8; 2.10; 4.4
Module Overview:
Within this module you will cover the following:
  • Emergency care - context and setting
  • Trauma management - how this differs in and out of hospital settings
  • Policies and drivers for trauma response - reflections on national incidents - JESOP
  • Contemporary management and innovation in emergency care
  • Managing emergency presentations
  • Systems based presentations including, bleeding, head injury, cardiovascular collapse, drowning and hypothermia, overdose and reduced consciousness
  • Mental Health assessment
  • Metabolic emergencies

 

Assessments

Essay