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Emergency Medicine
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:06.09.2022 16:25:00
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | AURK_020 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Anastasija Fjodorova | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 13 Pilsonu Street, VSIA P.Stradiņa KUS, Block No 32, ark rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67069452 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 5 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, first aid, ECG, basic knowledges in internal medicine, cardiology, neurology, surgery and traumatology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To promote knowledge acquisition and to develop understanding and skills related to different emergency situations, which are binding with diseases, trauma and environmental accidents to give knowledge about emergency medicine in prehospital and hospital stage. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Emergency medicine – principles, patients and doctors psychology. Characteristics of life-threatening emergencies, mass casualties. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 2 | Principles of treatment in emergency situations: cardiac arrest. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 3 | Post-resuscitation care. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 4 | Principles of treatment in emergency situations: “golden hour” in trauma. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 5 | Emergencies in internal medicine. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 6 | Emergencies in surgery. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 7 | Doctor’s actions in case of an accident with many victims. Triage in emergency medicine departments and at the site of mass accidents. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 8 | ACLS algorithms. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 9 | ATLS algorithms. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 10 | Emergencies in internal medicine. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 11 | Emergencies in surgery. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Get acquainted with the theoretical materials that have been posted in e-studies Preparing presentations on emergency medicine using the recommended literature and Internet sources, following evaluation and analysis in practical lessons. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Knowledge assessment during practical classes: discussions, clinical case analysis. In each lesson, the student has to complete a multi-answer test in e-studies, which is automatically credited, because at the end of the test the correct answers and their interpretation appear. At the end of the course – exam, which also consists of: 1) solving a practical task: work with mannequins (passed/failed) – only for face-to-face classes 2) the multi-choice test (consisting of 60 questions) in e-studies. The student receives 1 point for each question. To pass the test – there must be 55% correct answers. Marks will be posted according to: 10: 96-100% 9: 85-95% 8: 75-84% 7: 70-74% 6: 65-69% 5: 60-64% 4: 55-59% 3: 40-54% 2: 20-39% 1: 0-19% | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students will be able to: • identify life-threatening emergencies; • describe the pathophysiology of life-threatening emergencies; • apply ECG, laboratory and radiologic imaging to determine clinical diagnosis; • describe treatment principles in the emergency situation in pre-hospital and hospital stages. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to: • apply medical equipment in life-threatening emergencies; • perform emergency care, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation; • plan treatment in different emergency situations in pre-hospital and hospital stages, including trauma patient; • organise teamwork in life-threatening emergencies according to basic life support and advanced life support. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Competence in patient care, communication, collaboration, professionalism, ethical and legal issues, organizational planning and service management. | ||||||||
| Clinical Skills: | |||||||||
| No. | Skill | Level | |||||||
| 1 | Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (basic) | B2 - Intermediate level | |||||||
| 2 | Defibrilation | B2 - Intermediate level | |||||||
| 3 | Laryngeal tube insertion | B2 - Intermediate level | |||||||
| 4 | Monitoring | B2 - Intermediate level | |||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Praktisko nodarbību materiāli un E-studiju resursi. | ||||||||
| 2 | Klīniskā anestezioloģija un intensīvā terapija. I.Vanaga un A.Sondores redakcijā. Rīga: Medicīnas Apgāds, 2017, 1243.-1283. lpp. | ||||||||
| 3 | European Resuscitation Council Guidelines, 2021 | ||||||||
| 4 | Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), 10th Edition, 2018 | ||||||||
| 5 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For International students: | ||||||||
| 6 | European Resuscitation Council Guidelines, 2021 | ||||||||
| 7 | Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), 10th Edition, 2018 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2015. Resuscitation (Elsevier), 2015, 81; 1219-1451 p. | ||||||||
| 2 | HIGHLIGHTS of the 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC | ||||||||
| 3 | Emergency Department Leadership and Management: Best Principles and Practice. 1st Edition, by Stephanie Kayden (Editor), Philip D. Anderson (Editor), et.al. 2015 | ||||||||
| 4 | Surgical Emergencies in Clinical Practice. Editors: Shergill, I., Arya, M., et.al. 2013 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | www.erc.edu | ||||||||
| 2 | Emergency Severity Index (ESI) A Triage Tool for Emergency Department Care Version 4. Implementation Handbook, 2012 | ||||||||
| 3 | UpToDate | ||||||||
| 4 | AMBOSS | ||||||||
