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Learning outcomes

The course aims to provide the students with the adequate knowledge related to both medical and surgical emergencies. Particular attention is paid to the clinical-diagnostic pathway of specific pathologies, so as to provide the students with the information which are required to differentiate them and start an appropriate and rapid diagnostic procedure.
Single treatments are individualized within their specific context (territory, home, ambulante, E.R., floor, I.C.U, etc). Furthermore, all treatments are proposed on the basis of available Evidence Based Medicine.
During the course all students are given the possibility to follow a cycle of Advance Life Support lessons, which aim to provide cornerstone information for an adequate Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
Course Objectives include also principal anesthesiological techniques, surgical patient preparation for both planned and emergent interventions, acute and chronic pain pathophysiology.

Program

Educational program
The students should
- recognize human clinical situations of emergency
- identify medical treatment priorities in emergent situations
- plan an appropriate diagnostic procedure
- identify the most suitable medical and/or surgical treatment within the patient context
- be able to carry out an adequate and efficient CPR
- know and solve all problems related to surgical patient preparation
- know principale anesthesiological techniques
- know pain psychological implications, diagnostic pathways to adequately identify a pain syndrome and therapeutic device to treat different pain syndromes.

Examination Methods

Oral and unique. The student will be asked questions about 2-3 topics ( medical emergencies, surgical emergencies, anesthesia, intensive care medicine and pain therapy) from a 2-lecturer commission which will be drawn on the first exam day.