Study-unit EMERGENCY MEASURES FOR HUMAN HEALTH

Course name Safety engineering for the territory and the built environment
Study-unit Code A000924
Curriculum Costruito
Lecturer Elisa Delvecchio
CFU 8
Course Regulation Coorte 2023
Supplied 2024/25
Supplied other course regulation
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities Attività formativa integrata
Partition

ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Code A000925
CFU 4
Lecturer Giacomo Pucci
Lecturers
  • Giacomo Pucci
Hours
  • 16 ore - Giacomo Pucci
Learning activities Affine/integrativa
Area Attività formative affini o integrative
Sector MED/09
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction Italian
Contents
Organization of out-of-hospital health assistance. Medical assistance in maxi-emergencies. Basic life support. Critical situations. First aid in medical emergencies. First aid in traumatology
Reference texts
Chiaranda - Urgenze ed emergenze. Istituzioni - Ed. Piccin.
Ghirardi - Manuale del soccorso sanitario - Ed. Mc Graw Hill.
Morra, Odetto, Bozza, Bozzetto, Agostinis, Bariona – Compendio di Medicina delle Grandi Emergenze – Ed. Medical System SPA
Educational objectives Basic knowledge and methodology for a global approach to the management of medical emergencies. Knowledge of the main health problems associated with major emergencies
Prerequisites
Knowledge of the principles of anatomy and physiology. Biological and General clinic knowledge.
Teaching methods
E-learning
Other information
Learning verification modality
Written exam
Extended program
Organization of out-of-hospital health assistance
- The urgency / emergency system
- The emergency vehicles
- Responsibilities and competences

Medical assistance in maxi-emergencies
- Definition
- Ethical and legislative aspects
- Organization of medical aid
- Triage models in maxi-emergencies
- Integration and sectorization
- The rescue chain
- Disaster medicine

Basic life support
- Pathophysiological principles
- Tools and procedures
- Potential and limits
- Defibrillation
- PBLS
- BLS in special situations
- Airway obstruction

Critical situations
- respiratory failure
- distributive shock
- Multi-organ failure
- coma

First aid in medical emergencies
- Definition of vital functions
- Anaphylaxis
- Syncope and epilepsy
- Chest pain
- Bleeding
- Burns - heat damage
- Frostbite - damage from hypothermia
- Hyper-hypobaropathies
- Electrocution damage
- Animal bites
- Drowning
- Toxicological emergencies and emergencies

First aid in traumatology
- Out-of-hospital triage - Principles and methodology
- Evaluation of vital parameters
- Injuries of the dorsal spine
- Traumatology in high-risk clinical conditions

DYNAMIC PSYCHOLOGY IN EMERGENCY

Code A000926
CFU 4
Lecturer Elisa Delvecchio
Lecturers
  • Elisa Delvecchio
Hours
  • 20 ore - Elisa Delvecchio
Learning activities Affine/integrativa
Area Attività formative affini o integrative
Sector M-PSI/07
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)