University diploma in intensive care nursing (DU SIR)

Semester 1 :

UE 1 Organisation of an intensive care unit
EU 1.1: Legislation (ICU, ICUICU, NICU, PICU)
EU 1.2 : Organisation of an IRM department
EU 1.3 : Organisation of an intensive care unit
UE 1.4 : Competence booklet for an intensive care nurse
EU 1.5 : Ethical and legal aspects of nursing practice in the intensive care unit
EU 1.6 : Organ failure / Severity scores
EU 1.7 : Quality management in intensive care

UE2 Hemodynamics
TU 2.1 : Physiology / Physiopathology of shock states
EU 2.2 : Pharmacology of catecholamines
UE 2.3 : Monitoring a state of shock
UE 2.4 : Vascular filling
EU 2.5: Management of shock
EU 2.6: Management of cardiac arrest
UE 2.7: ECMO: rationale, indications and practical conduct

EU 3 Respiratory
TU 3.1 : Respiratory physiology / Physiopathology of respiratory insufficiency
EU 3.2 : Mechanical Ventilation
EU 3.3: ARDS (Physiopathology and diagnosis)
TU 3.4: Management of patients with ARDS
EU 3.5: Interpretative reading of the GDS

UE 4 Neurology
EU 4.1: Comas
UE 4.2: Management of a brain injury (head trauma, haemorrhagic stroke)
EU 4.3: Management of acute ischaemic stroke
UE 4.4 : Sedation and curares in intensive care
EU 4.5: Transcranial Doppler
EU 4.6: Brain death (diagnosis - care - family care)
Status epilepticus

EU 5 Metabolism and nephrology
EU 5.1 : Acute renal failure
EU 5.2 : Extra-renal purification in intensive care
EU 5.3: Dyskalaemia
EU 5.4 : Metabolic acidosis
TU 5.5: Acute decompensation of diabetes

EU 6 Infectious diseases / Hygiene
EU 6.1 : Bacterial resistance
EU 6.2: Antibiotics (Families / PK_PD / Methods of administration)
EU 6.3: Antibiotic treatment of severe septic conditions
EU 6.4: Meningitis / Infectious meningoencephalitis
EU 6.5 : Acute community-acquired pneumonia
TU 6.6: Leptospirosis / Serious tropical infectious diseases
EU 6.7 : Disinfection of surfaces and premises
EU 6.8 : Cross-transmission/physiopathology and control methods
EU 6.9 : BMR transmission
EU 6.10 : Virus transmission
EU 6.11: Prevention of healthcare-associated infections (ILKT, PAVM, and SU)
EU 6.12: Different types of isolation

EU 7 Toxicology / Envenomations
EU 7.1 : Viperine envenomations in French Guiana
EU 7.2 : Scorpion poisoning in French Guiana
EU 7.3: Serious bee stings
EU 7.4 : Serious acute drug intoxications
EU 7.5: Acute poisoning in the French West Indies and French Guyana

UE 8 Haematology / Hepatology
EU 8.2 : Emergency transfusion
EU 8.3: Thrombocytopenia in the intensive care unit
EU 8.4: Consumer coagulopathies
EU 8.5: Severe acute liver failure

UE 9 Technical gestures
UE 9.1 : Placement of VVP under ultrasound
UE 9.2 : Installation of VVC
UE 9.3 : Placement of arterial KT
UE 9.4 : Pleural effusions and chest tube placement
UE 9.5 : The intubation tray

EU 10 Ethics
EU 10.1: End-of-life management in intensive care
EU 10.2: Therapeutic limitations
EU 10.3 : Discussion of a clinical case
UE 11 Research in intensive care
EU 11.1 : Research methodology
EU 11.2: Resuscitation and research in intensive care
EU 11.3: IDE and research at the SRLF
EU 11.4: Introduction to descriptive statistics
EU 11.5 : Writing a poster and an oral presentation

Courses
The lectures will be combined with practical application sessions in the intensive care unit at Guyana University Hospital, simulation sessions or tutorials for groups of students.