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Study Course Description

Anasthesiology and Resuscitation

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
RKI_004
Branch of Science
Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation; Clinical medicine
ECTS
6.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor

Residency Speciality

Speciality
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Contacts

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About Study Course

Objective

To ensure acquisition and improvement of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in anaesthesiology and intensive care according to the requirements of the surgery specialty regulation in order to prepare the doctor for certification in the surgeon specialty.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.- cardiopulmonary resuscitation algorithm; - methods of ensuring airway patency: manual, airways, tracheal intubation, divided bronchial intubation, laryngeal mask, intubating laryngeal mask, Combitube; - artificial lung ventilation: mouth-mouth, mouth-nose, with Ambu manual ventilator, manually, using the face mask of the anaesthetic machine; - respiratory and hemodynamic monitoring of the anaesthetized and comatose patient, other types of monitoring; - principles and stages of general and regional anaesthesia in surgery; - acute postoperative pain therapy.

Skills

1.- application of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in practice; - must be able to diagnose the patient’s critical conditions; - to be able to read and interpret the results provided by the monitors; - must be able to use a defibrillator-monitor; - infusion therapy and electrolyte imbalance correction.

Competences

1.To deliver qualified first and emergency assistance and resuscitation measures.

Assessment

Individual work

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.

Individual work

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The doctor must learn about the diagnostic methods, instruments and equipment used in surgery, practical skills in diagnostic and therapeutic manipulation, as well as the practical application of therapeutic methods (surgery) in surgical patients to the extent prescribed in the programme.

Examination

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.

Examination

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Computer-based multiple choice test on a 10-point scale. Practical skills assessment on a 10-point scale about the surgical manipulations learnt. Appendectomy Long Course – Intermediate on the LapSim simulator.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
6.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
0
Length (weeks):
4
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Townsend, Courtney M. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery: The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice. Elsevier, 2021.

2.

Sade, Robert M. The Ethics of Surgery. New York: Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2015.

3.

Program, American College of Surgeons Clinical Research, Heidi D Nelson, Kelley K Hunt, and Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology. Operative Standards for Cancer Surgery. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2015.

4.

Program, American College of Surgeons Clinical Research, and Matthew Katz. Operative Standards for Cancer Surgery. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer, 2018.

5.

Robert M. Zollinger, E.Cristopher Ellison. Zollinger`s Atlas of Surgical Operations. 11th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2022.

6.

Nathaniel J. Soper, Carol E.H. Scott-Conner. The SAGES Manual: Basic Laparoscopy and Endoscopy, Vol.1. 3rd ed., Springer, 2012.

7.

Asensio, Juan A, and Donald D Trunkey. Current Therapy in Trauma and Critical Care. Current Therapy. Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2015.

8.

Adzick, N. Scott, Robert Shamberger, Anthony Caldamone, Jean-Martin Laberge, Arnold G Coran, and Thomas M Krummel. Pediatric Surgery. Elsevier, 2014.

9.

Raymond Fonseca. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 3-Volume Set. 3rd ed., Elsvier, 2016.

10.

Jānis Gardovskis. Ķirurģija. Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, 2013.

11.

The Score portal. https://surgicalcore.org/

Other Information Sources

2.

Breast Reconstruction - Current Techniques. http://www.intechopen.com/books/breast-reconstruction-current-techniques

3.

Rectal Cancer - A Multidisciplinary Approach to Management. http://www.intechopen.com/books/rectal-cancer-a-multidisciplinary-approach-to-management

4.

Advances in Surgery. https://aischannel.com/

5.

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network. https://www.nccn.org/guidelines/category_1