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Emergency Medicine (AURK_020)

About Study Course

Department: Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Clinical Simulations
ECTS:3
Course supervisor:Anastasija Fjodorova
Study type:Full time
Course level:Master's
Target audience:Medicine
Language:Latvian, English
Study course description Full description, Full time
Branch of science:Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation; Clinical medicine

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.

Prerequisites

Anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, first aid, ECG, basic knowledges in internal medicine, cardiology, neurology, surgery and traumatology.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.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

1.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.

Competence

1.Competence in patient care, communication, collaboration, professionalism, ethical and legal issues, organizational planning and service management.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2024, Autumn semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Medicine11Master'sLimited choiceElīna Ripa, Anastasija Fjodorova
Medicine11Master'sLimited choiceElīna Ripa, Anastasija Fjodorova
Planning period:Year 2025, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Medicine 11Master'sLimited choiceElīna Ripa, Anastasija Fjodorova
About Study CourseObjectivePrerequisitesLearning outcomesStudy course planning
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