Basics of Pharmacotherapy and First AidLaajuus (4 cr)

Objectives

Students:
- are aware of guidelines and regulations concerning pharmacotherapy
- can implement and apply safe pharmacotherapy
- know how to provide help in emergency situations, accidents, and health emergencies

Content

- People's diseases: cardiovascular disease, diabetes, asthma and allergy, chronic lung diseases, cancer, memory disorders, musculoskeletal and mental disorders. (THL)
- Drug therapy: key laws and regulations governing drug treatment and care, the drug treatment process and the responsibilities and duties of the sociomaniac, principles of safe drug treatment, natural drug delivery, basics of pharmacokinetics and dynamics, risk medicines, PKV and their documentation, anaphylactics its treatment, drug bills (unit conversions, dose bills)
First aid: emergency first aid