CARDIORESPIRATORY REHABILITATION
Course unit partition: PARMA

Academic year 2019/20
3° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Scienze infermieristiche e tecniche neuro-psichiatriche e riabilitative (MED/48)
Field
Ambito aggregato per crediti di sede
Type of training activity
Affine/Integrativa
20 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Course unit partition: CARDIORESPIRATORY REHABILITATION

Learning objectives

THE STUDENT MUST KNOW
-THE PULMONARY REHABILITATION STANDARDS
-HOW TO ASSESS A PATIENT WITH CARDIAC OR RESPIRATORY
PROBLEMS IN ACUTE, CHRONICAL OR ACUTE ON CHRONICAL SITUATION.
THE STUDENT ALSO NEEDS TO FIND THE RIGHT KIND OF TREATMENT FOR
THAT PATIENT
-THE AIRWAY CLEARANCE TECHNIQUES
- HOW TO SET UP A ENDURANCE AND STRENGHT TRAINING IN THE RESPIRATORY PATIENT
-THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY MOBILIZATION IN ICU
-THE PATIENTS AFFECTED BY CYSTIC FIBROSIS AND BRONCHIECTASIS

Prerequisites

ATTENDANCE TO THE LESSONS ABOUT PULMONOLOGY

Course unit content

Pulmonary rehabilitation: italian recommendations and features
The respiratory system: anatomy and kinesiology
Secretions in the upper and lower airways: the mucociliary clearance mechanism
How to misure blood pressare, peripheral oxygen saturation, respiratory and hear rate
Nasal washings
Airway clearance techniques:
positive expiratory pressure (pursed lips technique, pep mask, pep valve);
Airway clearance techniques with the expiratory flow: ELTGOL, autogenic trainate, FET
Cystic fibrosis and non cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis
Field tests: 6 minute walking test, shuttle test, step test, sit to stand chair test, sppb). Ers/ats guidelines
Exercise training in respiratory patients
The icu patient: Early mobilization in intensive care unit; critical illness

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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