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Toxicology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:20.08.2021 14:06:37
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LF_085 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Health Care | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Linda Brūdere | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | RSU Liepāja Branch | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Liepāja, Riņķu Street 24/26, lf rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 63442118, +371 63442119, +371 63484632 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 11 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 22 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Anatomy, physiology, surgery, therapy, intensive care, resuscitation and pharmacology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To develop an understanding of the theoretical basis of toxicology, toxicology of specific toxic substances, basic principles of treatment, possible complications and prognosis. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Theoretical basis of toxicology: epidemiology, mechanisms of poisoning, the most common manifestations, shock, diagnostic principles. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Toxicology: methods of elimination, antidotes. Basic principles of treatment: detoxification methods (hemadsorption, haemodialysis, plasmapheresis, peritoneal dialysis, blood exchange therapy), principles of using antidotes, infusion therapies and control thereof (calculations, medication dose per time unit, blood transfusion). | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Chemical poisoning. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Poisoning by medicines; alcohol, ethanol, and alcohol surrogates. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Disaster toxicology. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Potential complications and prognosis. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Preparation for the topic of the respective class, using recommended literature and Internet sources, with subsequent evaluation thereof and practical application in practical classes. Independent acquisition of practical skills under the guidance of the lecturer. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Mandatory attendance of seminars, practical classes – 20%. Positive assessment in test work, thematic presentations – 30%, at the end of the course – an exam (50%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | By completing the study course, the student is able to name toxic substances, mechanisms of poisoning, classify the severity of poisoning, describe the basic principles of treatment, explain possible complications and prognosis. | ||||||||
| Skills: | As a result of completing the study course, the student is able to recognise toxic poisoning, assess the risk and severity of acute poisoning, choose the most appropriate treatment methods, explain detoxification methods and predict possible complications. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | As a result of completing the study course, the student is able to identify poisoning, assess the risk and severity of poisoning and choose an appropriate treatment method. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Lekciju un praktisko nodarbību materiāli. | ||||||||
| 2 | Ekstremālā toksikoloģija. V. Liguts. Nacionālais Apgāds, Rīga, 2003 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Toksikoloģijas rokasgrāmata. V. Liguts. Nacionālais medicīnas apgāds, Rīga, 2001 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Sondore, Antoņina, Anestezioloģijas pamati vairāk nekā 1000 jautājumos un atbildēs / Antoņina Sondore. Rīga : Medicīnas Apgāds, 2016 | ||||||||
| 2 | Intensīvās terapijas rokasgrāmata. V. Liguts, Medicīnas apgāds, Rīga, 2008. | ||||||||
| 3 | Klīniskā medicīna. A. Lejnieka redakcijā, Rīga: Medicīnas apgāds, 2010-2012 | ||||||||
| 4 | Dz. Jakubaņeca. Padziļinātā kardiopulmonālā reanimācija. Pirmsslimnīcas etaps. RSU Nacionālais apgāds 2009. | ||||||||
| 5 | „Šoks”, Dz. Jakubaņeca, Rīga, 2004.g | ||||||||
| 6 | Neatliekamā medicīniskā palīdzība. D.Krieviņa redakcijā (Atdzīvināšana). R.: NMPC, 2004. | ||||||||
