Primeiros Socorros e Salvamento Aquático

Code:

644

Acronym:

644

Instance: 2016/2017 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Sports Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LCD	49	First Degree in Sports Sciences (2011/2012)	1	-	3	-	1
			2

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

To provide students with knowledge on the precautions to be taken regarding the type of practice (indoor or outdoor activity / nature) and material to be used;

To make known to the students the most common injuries in the practice of exercise and sport, whether of competition or of leisure;

Acquisition of skills in the observation / interpretation of the type of accident and victim and the way to guarantee an adequate, pre-hospital intervention;

To introduce students to the basic techniques of First Aid (PS) and how to activate the means of distress and emergency;

Theoretical description of the Basic Life Support (SBV) maneuver, "survival chain" concept and importance of the External Automatic Defibrillator (DAE).

Learning outcomes and competences

Knowledge of the precautions to be taken regarding the type of practice (indoor or outdoor activity / nature) and material to be used;

Knowledge of the most common injuries in the practice of exercise and sport, whether of competition or leisure;

Skills in the observation / interpretation of the type of accident and victim and how to guarantee an adequate, pre-hospital intervention;

Knowledge of the basic techniques of First Aid (PS) and how to activate the means of distress and emergency;

Theoretical knowledge of the Basic Life Support (SBV) maneuver, "survival chain" concept and importance of the External Automatic Defibrillator (DAE).

Working method

Presencial

Program

">Architecture and safety in aquatic areas

1.1.
">Outdoor first aid access

1.2.
">Location of medical and first aid station

1.3.
">Safety in spas

1.4.
    ">Types of floors in aquatic spaces

    
">Treatment of air and water in public swimming pools

2.1.
">Air Treatment

2.1.1.
">Air treatment circuit

2.2.
">Water treatment

2.2.1.
">Contamination of pool water

2.2.2.
    ">Water treatment circuit

    
">Most frequent injuries in sports


">3.1 Epidemiology and prevention


">3.1.1 Skin lesions (open and closed) and burns (degree and origin: solar, electric, etc.)


">3.1.2 Internal and external bleeding


">3.1.3 Muscle injuries of traumatic or other origin (cramp, contracture, rupture, contusion, exertional myalgia, delayed sensation of muscular pain, etc.)


">3.1.4 Tendon lesions (tenosynovitis, epicondylitis, epitroclinatitis, etc.)


">3.1.5 Capsule-ligament injuries (sprains and dislocations / subluxations more frequently)


">3.1.6 Cartilaginous lesions (arthrosis, chondromalacia, etc.)


">3.1.7 Bone lesions (types of fractures: open, closed) and vertebro-medullary lesions

3.1.8 Other: Stroke (stroke); Acute myocardial infarction (AMI), Poisoning;
    ">Under the effects of the environment: heat stroke, hypothermia / heat stroke.

    
    ">Basic Principles of First Aid

        ">Know the means available in an emergency and how to trigger them (contact with 112) correctly (four links in the survival chain)
            ">Fundamental principles of first aid (general principles, basic measures of life support during the time of the application and the arrival of the aid)
                ">Control of common situations: wound, small hemorrhage, burn, bruise, etc.
                ">Identify the present situation of the injured / victim (conscious / non-conscious, breathing / not breathing)
                ">Assessment of breathing and circulation signals (VOSP) - Rauteck switch (when necessary)
                ">Lateral Security Position (PLS): objective and how to execute it
        
    ">Basic Life Support: PCR procedures (survival chain - SBV algorithm), use of DAE

    
">Care for practitioners with certain pathologies


    ">5.1 Cardiac conditions, Asthma, Diabetes, Epilepsy, etc.

    
">First aid kit


    ">6.1 Supplementary support material, in outdoor / nature activities (stretcher, splints, ropes, tapes, etc.)

    
">Swimming

7.1.
">Basic Principles of First Aid

7.1.1.
">Procedures in light of accidents

.
">Procedures for major accidents

7.2.
">Water sports rescue

7.3. Non-sporting water rescue

Mandatory literature

Abraldes Valeiras José Arturo; Formación deportiva en salvamento acuático. ISBN: 978--84-613-7113-6
Abraldes Valeiras José Arturo; Salvamento y socorrismo. ISBN: 978-84-611-1347-7

Teaching methods and learning activities

The subjects are dealt with in theoretical-practical classes, with an expository nature and preparation for the practical situations of the different learning techniques

Live and distance transmission and practical application of content.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	50,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

All students are required to attend 75% of classes given.

Student-workers and high-competition status: students with any of the mentioned statutes who can not ensure their presence in a minimum of 75% of the classes given must contact the teaching staff of the course unit within a maximum of 15 days, From the date of the first class, in order to prepare an alternative plan of training and evaluation according to the circumstances of each one.

Calculation formula of final grade

All students are required to attend 75% of classes given.

Student-workers and high-competition status: students with any of the mentioned statutes who can not ensure their presence in a minimum of 75% of the classes given must contact the teaching staff of the course unit within a maximum of 15 days, From the date of the first class, in order to prepare an alternative plan of training and evaluation according to the circumstances of each one.