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Disaster and Military Medicine
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:02.05.2023 09:23:37
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LF_690 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Baiba Bergholde | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | RSU Liepāja Branch | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Liepaja, Riņķu iela 24/26, lf rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 63442118, +371 63442119, +371 63484632 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | In normal anatomy and functional physiology, emergency care, internal and surgical diseases, trauma and patient care, clinical pharmacology and laboratory diagnostics, chemistry and biology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Promote the acquisition of knowledge about possible disasters and their types; to navigate in disaster and military situations and to be able to provide professional medical assistance and care, as well as to promote the acquisition of knowledge about the pathophysiological mechanisms of exposure to extreme factors of the external environment, clinical manifestations and treatment options, to understand the interaction between health and the working environment and the principles of solving possible problems. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Organizational and clinical foundations of disaster medicine: legislation, levels of care, organizational scheme of forces involved in medical care. Concept of risk. Degrees of readiness. Planning. Disaster situations in Latvia, causes of disasters. Natural and man-made disasters. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Organizational and clinical foundations of disaster medicine: legislation, levels of care, organizational scheme of forces involved in medical care. Concept of risk. SWOT. Legislation, disaster situations in Latvia, causes of disasters. Natural and man-made disasters. Disaster plans, protection, security. Hygiene problems, potential outbreak of epidemic. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Basic principles of rescue. Sorting concept. Casualty medical triage teams. Victim identification, investigation and first aid at the scene. Care of victims. Moving and transporting victims. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Basic principles of rescue. Sorting concept. Casualty medical triage teams. Victim identification, investigation and first aid at the scene. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Care of victims. Moving and transporting victims. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Protection of rescuers and medical personnel, protection of victims and residents. Individual equipment of medical aid providers. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Terrorism, its definition, essence. Displaced persons and refugees. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Civil defense and tasks of the civil defense system. Alarm and notification system. Evacuation of residents. Psychological and social assistance in case of disasters. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 9 | Psychological and social assistance in case of disasters. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Specifics of emergency medical care for victims during military operations. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 11 | Peculiarities of the care of the victims in the battle. Cooperation between civil and military medicine. TCCC care guidelines. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Mechanism of injury during military operations. Casualty sorting (triage) during military operations. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Preliminary preparation for the topic of the relevant lesson, using recommended literature and Internet resources, with their subsequent evaluation and practical application in theoretical and practical lessons. Review of evidence-based scientific literature on relevant topics. Development of permanent works in sections on types of disasters and risk factors in case of natural and man-made disasters, provision of psychological and social assistance to victims of disasters and military situations (direct and indirect victims). | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | A simulation scenario exercise (50%) and a written test (50%). A 10-point system is used to evaluate students' knowledge and skills, the criteria described in the RSU Study Regulations are used for evaluation. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | As a result of learning the study course, students will be able to tell about the types of disasters and tactics of action in the event of a disaster; will be able to define disaster and military medicine; will be able to describe the situation of disasters in Latvia, name their reasons. Will be able to list and describe the basic principles of rescue in disaster and military situations. | ||||||||
| Skills: | As a result of learning the study course, the student will be able to assess the harmful effects of various external environmental factors on the human body. To know and apply the principles of therapy in case of various acute situations at the scene, during transportation and in the hospital, as well as to adopt a therapeutic action plan appropriate for an individual patient, balancing it with the guidelines. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students understand and appreciate the system of disaster and military medicine in the overall health care system; organizes psychosocial support for victims of disasters and war; organizes and conducts evaluation and debriefing sessions. Provides emergency assistance in emergency, disaster and military situations. Understands the notification system established in Latvia and knows how to act when alarm sirens sound. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Intensīvās terapijas rokasgrāmata. V. Liguts, Medicīnas apgāds, Rīga, 2008. (akceptējama literatūra) | ||||||||
| 2 | Jakubaņeca Dz. Neatliekamā medicīniskā palīdzība traumu guvušam pacientam. Pirmsslimnīcas etaps, Rīga, 2009. (akceptējama literatūra) | ||||||||
| 3 | Jēgers I., Jakubaņeca Dz. Neatliekamā medicīniskā palīdzība un katastrofu medicīna. Pirmsslimnīcas etaps, Rīga, 2009. (akceptējama literatūra) | ||||||||
| 4 | Jēgers I. Neatliekamā medicīniskā palīdzība un katastrofu medicīna. Slimnīcas etaps, Rīga, 2009. (akceptējama literatūra) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/prehospital-and-dis… | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | https://www.coemed.org/files/stanags/01_AJP/AJP-4.10_EDC_V1… | ||||||||
