Acute Cardiac Care Specialist University of Sunderland

Overview

When you join Acute Cardiac Care Specialist degree from University of Sunderland you'll gain a clear understanding of how to spot risk early. Apply your knowledge of health promotion to work with patients, carers, and families. Find out how to recognise the usual signs of cardiac illness.

Key facts

This course focuses on the deteriorating cardiac patient. It appraises and evaluates the importance of clinical decision making and escalation strategies. This is directly applied to NHS policies underpinning evidence-based practice.

You'll gain a thorough understanding of cardiovascular disease. You'll also learn how to prevent it by identifying patients at risk. Applying your knowledge of health promotion to support patients, carers, and families is vital. This will allow you to evaluate both typical and atypical cardiac patients.

The course runs over six months, with two full-day sessions per month.

Learning outcomes for this course include:

• Gaining a thorough understanding of cardiovascular disease

• Assessing, planning, and delivering care to patients with a cardiac condition

• Learning prevention techniques by identifying patients at risk

• Evaluating the importance of clinical decision making and escalation strategies

• Applying national policies and guidance that underpin evidence-based practice

• Applying knowledge of health promotion to those with a cardiac condition.