Intensive Care and Emergency Medical Aid (SIAMU)

The strengths of the Advanced Bachelor in Intensive Care and Emergency Medical Aid.

• Rigorous teaching on the approach to and care of the critically-ill patient, both adult and paediatric.
• Theoretical and practical courses at the cutting edge of scientific knowledge, taught by a passionate medical-nursing team.
• Numerous practical activities and workshops (extrication exercise, applying plaster splints, visit to Search and Rescue in Coxyde, etc.) which enrich the programme and skills training.
• The programme also leads to the European Resuscitation Council – ERC’s certificate in basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR /AED).

Good to know

• The Advanced Bachelor in Intensive Care and Emergency Medical Aid is open to holders of the Bachelor: Nurse Responsible for General Care or a Degree in Nursing (gradué) or holding an equivalent foreign qualification.
• A one-year full-time programme with the possibility of flexible arrangements to enable students to combine study with a professional activity.
• The programme gives access to the specific professional title of Nurse specialised in Intensive Care and Emergency Medical Aid (TPP SISU).

The nurse specialised in intensive care and emergency medical aid provides care within a multidisciplinary team to patients and their families admitted to intensive care or emergency departments in pre-hospital, hospital or out-of-hospital settings.

Their responsibilities include:

• prioritising care and applying emergency measures to any patient;
• providing highly technical nursing care to patients;
• assisting the doctor in emergency conditions or in intensive therapeutic activity;
• working in a multidisciplinary team;
• intervening in hospital and out-of-hospital settings (accidents or health problems at home, accidents at work, road accidents, etc.) while taking into account the human environment;
• being the indispensable support for families or relatives;
• raising awareness of clinical research

1 year - 60 credits

The teaching programme is composed of alternating periods of taught courses and internships.

The theoretical component is structured 3 main themes:

- Profession-relevant sciences (including a clinical case study),

- Basic and biomedical sciences,

- Human and social sciences.