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Emergency Medicine
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:21.03.2022 11:24:50
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | AURK_032 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Oral Medicine | Target Audience: | Dentistry | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ņina Princeva | ||||||||
| 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) | 1 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 2 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 7 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 14 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Anatomy, physiology, pharmacology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To prepare students to provide emergency medical care in various urgent situations that can occur in dentistry care. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | ACLS algorithm. Basic life support in adults. Basic life support in pediatrics. Usage of automated external defibrillator. Hypoxia. Choking. Airways – how to establish airways and how to provide manual ventilation with the mask. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 2 | Emergency care in dentistry. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Acute cardiac emergencies – stable and unstable angina. Acute coronary sindrome, acute lung edema. Life threatening arrithmias, ECG diagnostic principles. First aid – MONA. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 4 | Acute neirology emergencies – epileptic seizures, status epilepticus, haemorhagic and ishemic head stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, migrane. First aid. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 5 | Acute respiratory emergencies – asthma, status asthmaticus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pneumothorax, haemothorax. First aid – inhalations, pneumopuncture. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 6 | Anaphylaxtic reaction. Hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. Ortostatic colapss, vasovagal colapss. Emergency care. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 7 | Acute pediatric emergencies – epistaxis, severe epiglotitis, stridor, febrile seizures, agitated child. Emergency care. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 8 | Situation tasks for emergency situations in dentistry | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Preparation of presentations according to the thematic plan, using the recommended literature and Internet sources, followed by evaluation and analysis in practical classes. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Test method: Exam. Each student receives two theoretical questions. They are answered in the form of a discussion. Proof of acquired skills. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | As a result of mastering the study course, students will be able to perform basic resuscitation, use an external defibrillator. Take action in case of choking. Evaluate and provide first aid in emergency situations in cardiology, pulmonology, neurology and pediatrics. | ||||||||
| Skills: | The student is able to realize basic and elements of advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation, airway management, and emergency medical care urgent situations. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | The student is able to provide effective emergency care in various urgent situations. | ||||||||
| Clinical Skills: | |||||||||
| No. | Skill | Level | |||||||
| 1 | Bag-mask ventilation | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| 2 | Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (basic) | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| 3 | Defibrilation | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| 4 | High O2 concentration mask placement | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| 5 | Nasopharyngeal airway insertion | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| 6 | Oropharyngeal airway insertion | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Praktisko nodarbību materiāli un E-studiju resursi. | ||||||||
| 2 | Neatliekamā medicīniskā palīdzība. Atdzīvināšana. Rīga: NMPC, D.Krieviņa redakcijā. 2004, 392 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2021. Resuscitation (Elsevier), 2021, 161 | ||||||||
| 4 | Neatliekamā medicīniskā palīdzība. Traumas. Rīga: NMPC, D.Krieviņa redakcijā. 2001, 350 lpp (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 5 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students | ||||||||
| 6 | European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2021. Resuscitation (Elsevier), 2021, 161 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Klīniskā anestezioloģija un intensīvā terapija. I.Vanaga un A.Sondores redakcijā. Rīga: Medicīnas Apgāds, 2017, 1243.-1283. lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | http://www.ers-education.org/publications/ers-monograph/arc… | ||||||||
| 3 | http://www.diabete.qc.ca/en/living-with-diabetes/care-and-t… | ||||||||
| 4 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students | ||||||||
| 5 | http://www.diabete.qc.ca/en/living-with-diabetes/care-and-t… | ||||||||
| 6 | http://www.ers-education.org/publications/ers-monograph/arc… | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http://www.healthdirectorymoz.com/First-Aid/ | ||||||||
| 2 | http://firstaid.about.com/ | ||||||||
| 3 | http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/FirstAidIndex/ | ||||||||
| 4 | www.erc.edu | ||||||||
