CARDIOLOGIC AND POST SURGERY REHABILITATION
Course unit partition: PARMA

Academic year 2023/24
3° year of course - First semester
Professor
Silvia FAVERZANI
Academic discipline
Scienze infermieristiche e tecniche neuro-psichiatriche e riabilitative (MED/48)
Field
Ambito aggregato per crediti di sede
Type of training activity
Caratterizzante
26 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Learning objectives

THE STUDENT MUST KNOW
-HOW TO ASSESS AND TREAT THE PATIENT BEFORE AND AFTER
ABDOMINAL, CHEST AND CARDIAC SURGERY
-THE AIRWAY CLEARANCE TECHNIQUES TO BE ADMINISTER POST
SURGERY
-THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY MOBILIZATION IN ICU
-HOW TO MAKE COUGH EFFECTIVE
-THE IMPORTANCE OF CARDIAC REHABILITATION AND THE MODALITIES
OF ACCESS
- REHABILITATION OF THE AMPUTEE PATIENT

Prerequisites

ATTENDANCE TO THE LESSONS ABOUT CARDIOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY AND ANATOMY

Course unit content

Airway clearance techniques:
positive expiratory pressure (pursed lips technique, pep mask, pep
valve);
-ALVEOLAR RECRUITMENT: LUNG EXPANSION
THE PATIENT BEFORE AND AFTER ABDOMINAL, CHEST AND CARDIAC
SURGERY
- COUGH: ASSESSMENT AND HOW TO HELP THE PATIENT WITH
INEFFECTIVE COUGH
-EARLY MOBILIZATION
-CARDIAC REHABILITATION
-REHABILITATION OF THE AMPUTEE PATIENT

Full programme

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Bibliography

teacher's slides

Teaching methods

-LECTURES
-WORKSHOP WITH PATIENTS
-PRACTICAL TRAINING
-CLINICAL CASES DISCUSSION

Assessment methods and criteria

FINAL WRITTEN TEST

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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