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About Study Course

ECTS:7.95
Course supervisor:Aleksejs Višņakovs
Study type:Full time
Course level:Doctor
Target audience:Medicine
Language:Latvian
Study course description Full description, Full time
Branch of science:Anatomy; Clinical medicine

Objective

Normal and pathological human anatomy, physiology, aseptic and septic conditions, desmurgy, propaedeutic, pharmacology and microbiology, surgery.
To ensure the opportunity to acquire in-depth knowledge in symptomatics, diagnostics, differential diagnosis of surgical emergency and treatment principles, methods and manipulations for emergency physician to be able to interpret clinical, laboratory and radiological findings, as well as to perform certain manipulations in the stage of casualty in the hospital.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.To describe symptoms of acute abdominal cavities, thoracic organ, genito-urinary system, cardiovascular, soft tissue diseases and to formulate the possible differential diagnosis.
2. To interpret laboratory and radiological examination findings of the above mentioned diseases, its meaning.
3. To formulate indications for surgeon consultation and emergency surgery.

Skills

1.. To interpret symptoms and syndromes of emergency surgical pathology
2. To draw up examination plan
4. To initiate preparation of the patient for emergency surgery
5. To perform surgical treatment of wounds for out-patients in trauma center or in the casualty of the hospital.
6. To perform emergency punctures - pleural cavity puncture, ascites puncture.

Competence

1.Detection of surgical diseases, performance of emergency surgical manipulations and organisation of assistance for the patient with surgical pathology until the visit of surgeon or transportation of the patient to the surgeon.