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EMERGENCY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Degree:
Course of 1st Cycle Degree in NURSING
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
Appropriate knowledge of anatomy, physiology, functional biochemistry, microbiology, and notions of pharmacology, in the setting of degree in Nursing.
Objectives
Contents Vital signs.
Transient loss of consciousness: the syncope.
Pneumonia; pulmonary embolism; respiratory failure.
Thoracic and precordial pain, coronary acute syndrome. Abdominal pain.
Ischemic heart disease and its various clinical forms, in particular angina pectoris myocardial infarction, sudden cardiac death.
Cardiac arrhythmias, particularly atrial fibrillation.
Cardiac arrest, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Stroke.
Acute renal failure.
Disorders of acid-base balance; electrolyte disorders.
Shock, such as septic shock.
Anemia; thrombocytopenia.
Extended Syllabus Vital signs and their role in the evaluation of patients, especially in the emergency setting,
Transient loss of consciousness: the syncope.
Pneumonia and relative complications.
Pulmonary embolism and its clinical expressions (e.g., dyspnea, thoracic pain, syncope, cardiac arrest, arrhythmias, palpitation).
Respiratory failure, cardiorespiratory failure; pulmonary edema; acute respiratory distress syndrome,
Thoracic pain, either posterior (back pain) or anterior (precordial pain), with special regard to acute coronary syndrome.
Ischemic heart disease and its various clinical forms, in particular angina pectoris myocardial infarction, sudden cardiac death.
Cardiac arrhythmias, particularly atrial fibrillation and complications; hypokinetic arrhythmias and hyperkinetic ventricular arrhythmias.
Cardiac arrest and relative pathological rhythms, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Hypertensive emergencies-urgencies.Abdominal pain, etiological and clinical aspects (acute pancreatitis, biliary and renal colics, cholecystitis/cholangitis, peritonitis, enterocolitis, inflammatory bowel disease, diverticulitis, intestinal ischemia, intestinal obstruction, irritable bowel syndrome). Digestive bleeding.
Acute renal failure (acute kidney injury) and complications.
Electrolyte disorders (hyperkalemia, hypokalemia, hyponatremia, hypernatremia, hypercalcemia).
Disorders of acid-base balance.
Ischemic and haemorrhagic stroke.
Shock, such as septic shock,
Anemias; bleeding diathesis, e.g. thrombocytopenia.
Recommended Bibliography Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine.
Goldman-Cecil Internal Medicine.
Rugarli, Medicina Interna Sistematica.
Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine.
Melaragno P. Medicina di Emergenza. SEU Editore.
Balzanelli et al. Medicina di Emergenza e di Pronto Soccorso, IV ed. Cic Editore.Fallani M. et al. Handbook dell’Urgenza in Medicina, IV ed. Il pensiero Scientifico Editore.
Casagranda I, Ghiselli G. Medicina di Emergenza-Urgenza. Idelson-Gnocchi Editore,
Berra C. Manuale pratico di medicina d’urgenza e di emergenza. Pendragon Editore,
Tintinalli’s Medicina di Emergenza Urgenza, Piccin-Nuova Libraria.
Teaching Methods Ex cathedra lectures, exercises
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
Contacts/More Information Students may contact professor at the University Hospital where he works, i.e., Ospedale Clinicizzato “Santissima Annunziata”, Chieti, Italy.