Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Intensive Care and Toxicology
Course Code
RNA_020
Branch of Science
Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation; Clinical medicine
ECTS
6.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Sarmīte Skaida
Residency Speciality
Speciality
Narcologist
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Sarmīte Skaida
Contacts
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About Study Course
Objective
To ensure acquisition of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in provision of emergency assistance in cases of acute intoxications within the scope necessary for an addiction specialist
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.• About the basic principles of intensive treatment for toxicology patients • About the basics of infusion therapy • About the toxic effect of psychoactive substances • About diagnosis and differential diagnosis of the psychoactive substance intoxication conditions.
Skills
1.• Physiological optimisation of the clinical condition • Prevention of organ dysfunction • Stabilisation of the vital organ functions • Ability to assess a degree of acute intoxication risk and seriousness • Administration of medical preparations, recognition of toxic conditions • To explain health disorders and possible assistance measures in a way understandable to the patient • To represent that in the medical documentation in a proper way.
Competences
1.• To provide emergency assistance in case of acute intoxications • To take emergency diagnostic and therapeutical measures for acute intoxications in addiction patients • To organise consultations, further care in the specialised institutions • To be aware of their own professional competence.
Assessment
Individual work
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1.
Individual work |
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Preliminary preparation for the topic of the relevant lesson, using recommended literature and Internet sources, with their subsequent evaluation and practical application in practical lessons.
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Examination
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1.
Examination |
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Examination of the theoretical knowledge and practical skills once during the cycle including the analysis of a patient’s health condition and a written or verbal examination.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Specialized room
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Topics
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Principles of intensive treatment for toxicology patients
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Specialized room
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Topics
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Latest drugs from the point of view of toxicologists
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Specialized room
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Topics
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Toxic effect of ethanol and alcohol surrogates
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
6.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
3
Length (weeks):
4
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
V.Liguts. Intensīvās terapijas rokasgrāmata. Nacionālais medicīnas apgāds, Rīga, 2008.
2.
V.Liguts. Ekstremālā toksikoloģija. Nacionālais medicīnas apgāds, Rīga, 2003.
3.
I.Vanags, E.Daugulis, P.Tomiņš. Anestezioloģija, reanimatoloģija un intensīvā terapija, Rīgas Nacionālais apgāds, 2002.
4.
V.Liguts. Toksikoloģijas rokasgrāmata. Nacionālais medicīnas apgāds, Rīga, 2003.
5.
Semināru un praktisko nodarbību materiāli
Additional Reading
1.
Induļa Vanaga un Antoņinas Sondores redakcijā. Klīniskā anestezioloģija un intensīvā terapija. Medicīnas apgāds, 2017
2.
European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2021. Resuscitation (Elsevier), 2021, 161