AR68 Understanding head injuries
Course summary
This course goes beyond the basics and looks at head injury in more depth. Learn what happens when a head injury occurs; gain a better understanding as to causes and forms of head injuries and reasons behind clinical features of raised intercranial pressure.
Understanding head wounds can make a vital contribution to saving a patients life. This head injuries course develops important skills for all first contact practitioners.
Who should attend?
Paramedics
ECPs
A&E nurses
ENPs
School nurses
Minor injury/walk in centre nurses
Practice nurses
Important notes
All course material, certificate of attendance and evaluations are included.
Completion of this course is not a guarantee of competency. Support and practice in the workplace with an experienced facilitator is required to attain competence level.
Cost
Course duration | Course CPD | In-house Course |
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1 day(s) | 7 hour(s) | POA |
In-house enquiry
Aims / objectives
- By the end of the course, plus directed home study and a guided experience of patients, the student will be able to:
- Apply essential aspects of neurological anatomy.
- Discuss the causes and forms of head injury
- Demonstrate a base knowledge of neurological examination.
- Understand the reasons behind the clinical features of RICP.
Course programme
- Specific class requests
- Applied neuro anatomy
- MOI
- Forms of injury
- Intra cranial pressure
- An introduction to patient examination
- Clinical features
- Guidelines
- Guide to further study
Led by
TBA