Unit EMERGENCY MEASURES FOR HUMAN HEALTH
- Course
- Safety engineering for the territory and the built environment
- Study-unit Code
- A000924
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Claudia Mazzeschi
- CFU
- 8
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2020
- Offered
- 2021/22
- Type of study-unit
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa integrata
ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Code | A000925 |
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CFU | 4 |
Teacher | Giacomo Pucci |
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Learning activities | Affine/integrativa |
Area | Attività formative affini o integrative |
Academic discipline | MED/09 |
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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 |
Prerequisites | Knowledge of the principles of anatomy and physiology. Biological and General clinic knowledge. |
Teaching methods | E-learning |
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 |
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CFU | 4 |
Teacher | Claudia Mazzeschi |
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Learning activities | Affine/integrativa |
Area | Attività formative affini o integrative |
Academic discipline | M-PSI/07 |
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Language of instruction | Italian |
Contents | The course is devoted to introduce students to disaster psychology. Personal and interpersonal reactions to disasters will be discussed. |
Reference texts | English references and texts are available upon requests |
Educational objectives | The main aim is to inform about the most common psychological reactions during the disasters |
Prerequisites | No |
Teaching methods | The course will take place as face-to-face class for most of the topics. |
Learning verification modality | Oral examination |
Extended program | 1. Disasters in Italy; 2. Psychological processes during disasters; 3. Psychosocial consequences during disasters; 4. Common reactions experienced by the relatives of disaster victims; 5. Disaster relief workers: pros and cons. 6. How communities face disasters. 7. Psychosocial intervention after a disaster; 8. How to prepare for disasters. |