Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Emergency Surgery in Adults I
Course Code
RNM_037
Branch of Science
Anatomy; Clinical medicine
ECTS
11.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Aleksejs Višņakovs
Residency Speciality
Speciality
Emergency Medicine Doctor
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Aleksejs Višņakovs
Contacts
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About Study Course
Objective
Provide an opportunity to acquire in-depth knowledge of the symptoms, diagnosis, differential diagnosis and treatment principles, methods and manipulations of emergency surgical illnesses, so that the emergency medicine doctor can interpret clinical, laboratory and radiological findings, as well as perform individual manipulations at the stage of the hospital admission department.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.• To describe symptoms of acute abdominal cavities, thoracic organ, genito-urinary system, cardiovascular, soft tissue diseases and to formulate the possible differential diagnosis. • To interpret laboratory and radiological examination findings of the above mentioned diseases, its meaning. • To formulate indications for surgeon consultation and emergency surgery.
Skills
1.• To interpret symptoms and syndromes of emergency surgical pathology • To draw up examination plan • To initiate preparation of the patient for emergency surgery • To perform surgical treatment of wounds for out-patients in trauma center or in the casualty of the hospital. • To perform emergency punctures - pleural cavity puncture, ascites puncture.
Competences
1.Detection of surgical diseases, performance of emergency surgical manipulations and organisation of assistance for the patient with surgical pathology until the visit of surgeon or transportation of the patient to the surgeon.
Assessment
Individual work
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In-depth research of seminar topics and preparation of presentations for each seminar.
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Examination
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Examination of theoretical knowledge and practical skills at the end of the study course in a 10-point system.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Seminar
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Wound treatment. Principles of asepsis and antiseptics.
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Seminar
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Acute pathologies of the organs of the abdominal cavity: acute peritonitis, acute pathology of the stomach and duodenum (perforation of the ulcer, penetration, bleeding, pylorostenosis, acute dilatation of the stomach), rupture of the esophagus, bleeding from the veins of the esophagus. Acid and alkali burns of the digestive tract. Acute appendicitis, periappendicular infiltrate. Intestinal obstruction. Thrombosis and embolism of mesenteric vessels. Hepatic colic, acute cholecystitis, mechanical
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Closed and open injuries of the organs of the abdominal cavity. Damage to parenchymatous and hollow organs. Foreign bodies in the gastrointestinal tract
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Seminar
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Traumatic injuries of chest organs. Diagnosis and emergency treatment of pneumothorax and hemothorax.
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Seminar
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Hernias, internal and external, their entrapment.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
11.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
5
Length (weeks):
8
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Wyatt J.P. et al. Oxford handbook of emergency medicine. Oxford University Press, 2020.