Basics of Surgery (KK_037)

On completion of the study course students acquire basic knowledge and understanding of:
- Different kind of wounds, wound healing and treatment principles. Incidence of particular types of wounds (gunshot, stab, bite, etc.) and their management. Examination of traumatic wound patients, management, prioritisation and description.
- Modern wound dressings, wound infection, possible infection transmission mechanisms in surgery department, infection reduction, prevention and management methods;
- Basic knowledge of surgical, skin and soft tissue infection management.
- Understanding of antibacterial treatment indications and application principles in surgery, prophylactic antibacterial treatment principles, possible antibacterial therapy complications and complication prevention.
- Insights into the aspects of surgical patient examination, the meaning of the concept "pre-operative epicrisis" and patient preparation for operation.
- In-depth insight into principles and manifestation of bleeding, methods and means of haemostasis, basics of isoserology and transfusion medicine. Summary about blood transfusion requirements and documentation, blood components, blood substitutes and alternatives to blood transfusions.
- Basic knowledge of the principles of surgical operation, types of incisions, surgical instruments, principles of drainage and applicable medical technologies and techniques; most frequent complications of surgical operations and procedures and their prophylaxis, treatment.
- Overview of the classification of postoperative period and patient monitoring, principles of surgical patient nutrition, complications of early and late postoperative period.
- General information about the history of the development of surgery.