Basics of Pharmacotherapy and First Aid (4 cr)
Code: 7S00EL34-3012
General information
Enrolment period
01.06.2023 - 13.10.2025
Timing
01.11.2023 - 31.12.2025
Credits
4 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Social Services
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Social Services
Teachers
- Maija Korpikoski
Person in charge
Maija Korpikoski
Groups
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23SO
Objectives (course unit)
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 (course unit)
- 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
Assessment scale
0-5