Course program
Foundations of Critical Emergency
• Definition of critical care area and emergency systems
• Structure and organization of hospital and pre-hospital emergency systems
• Legal and healthcare framework, analysis of procedures/PDTA, protocols, guidelines
Emergency System
• 112/118 Operation Centers: functions, technologies, flows
• Collaboration and protocols with Fire Brigade, Carabinieri, Civil Protection, Red Cross
• Advanced (ALS) and Basic (BLS) life support in the community
Hospital-Community Integration
• Continuity of care and protected discharge
• Vertical and horizontal coordination: operational tools
• Nurse’s role in the integrated emergency network
Managerial Aspects
• Nursing leadership and team management
• Workload analysis and resource allocation
• Clinical governance tools: audit, indicators, reporting
Books
• Advanced Life Support Group, & Mackway-Jones, K. (2016). Major incident medical management and support: The practical approach (3rd ed.). Wiley-Blackwell.
• American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. (2018). ATLS: Advanced trauma life support: Student course manual (10th ed.). American College of Surgeons.
• Brienza, P., & Bambi, A. (a cura di). (2019). Assistenza infermieristica in area critica e in emergenza (2ª ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.
• Balzanelli, M. (2022). Assistenza infermieristica in area critica e in emergenza. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana.