NURSING IN THE CRITICAL AREA AND IN THE EMERGENCY Single channel

Chair (Coordinator) and Rapporteur: GIOIA BRACHINI

Module 1: EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Activity type
Primo soccorso
SSD
MED/09
Year
N/D
Semester
N/D
CFU
1
Hours distribution
12 classroom hours
Lecturers
MARIA PIA RUGGIERI

Module 2: EMERGENCY SURGERY

Activity type
Primo soccorso
SSD
MED/18
Year
N/D
Semester
N/D
CFU
1
Hours distribution
12 classroom hours
Lecturers
GIOIA BRACHINI

Module 3: ANESTHESIA AND RESUSCITATION

Activity type
Primo soccorso, Interdisciplinari e cliniche
SSD
MED/41, MED/41
Year
N/D
Semester
N/D
CFU
2
Hours distribution
24 classroom hours
Lecturers
ANDREA MORELLI

Module 4: NURSING IN THE CRITICAL AREA

Activity type
Scienze infermieristiche
SSD
MED/45
Year
N/D
Semester
N/D
CFU
2
Hours distribution
24 classroom hours
Lecturers
Andrea Tranghese

Learning outcomes

knowledge of acute care surgery and trauma management

Prerequisites

Appropriate knowledge of general Anatomy and Physiology

Programme

Module: EMERGENCY MEDICINE
N/D
Module: EMERGENCY SURGERY
part I: trauma
primary survey ABCDE following the ATLS algorythm: airway breathing, circulation, disability and exposure-environment
resuscitation, lifesaving manoeuvers
secondary survey and transfer

part II: acute care surgery
main surgical emergencies
acute abdominal pain
bowel obstruction
bowel perforation
bowel ischemia
upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding
biliary and pancreatic emergencies





Module: ANESTHESIA AND RESUSCITATION
N/D
Module: NURSING IN THE CRITICAL AREA
N/D

Books

Module: EMERGENCY MEDICINE
N/D
Module: EMERGENCY SURGERY
SHARED SLIDES.
Chirurgia d'Urgenza e del Trauma, SICUT libreriauniversitaria.it
ATLS Advanced Trauma Life Support, Student Manual, 10th Ed. American College of Surgeons


Module: ANESTHESIA AND RESUSCITATION
N/D
Module: NURSING IN THE CRITICAL AREA
N/D

Bibliography

Module: EMERGENCY MEDICINE
N/D
Module: EMERGENCY SURGERY
N/D
Module: ANESTHESIA AND RESUSCITATION
N/D
Module: NURSING IN THE CRITICAL AREA
N/D

Lessons mode

interactive lessons with shared slides and simulated clinical cases

Frequency

mandatory attendance

Exam mode

ability to describe the management of the most frequent acute care surgical and trauma conditions
ability to deal with clinical cases of acute care surgical and trauma conditions

Example exam questions

diagnostics in acute cholecystitis
management of tension pneumothorax
how to deal with a clinical case of bowel ischemia

Arguments

Module: EMERGENCY MEDICINE
N/D
Module: EMERGENCY SURGERY

  • trauma: primary survey
    • Books: shared slides, ATLS Advanced Trauma Life Support, Student Manual, 10th Ed. American College of Surgeons

  • trauma: airway, breathing
    • Books: shared slides, ATLS Advanced Trauma Life Support, Student Manual, 10th Ed. American College of Surgeons

  • trauma: hemorrages control, shock
    • Books: shared slides, ATLS Advanced Trauma Life Support, Student Manual, 10th Ed. American College of Surgeons

  • trauma: disability, temperature control
    • Books: shared slides, ATLS Advanced Trauma Life Support, Student Manual, 10th Ed. American College of Surgeons

  • trauma: resuscitation, secondary survey, transfer
    • Books: shared slides, ATLS Advanced Trauma Life Support, Student Manual, 10th Ed. American College of Surgeons

  • acute care surgery:acute abdominal pain, bowel obstruction
    • Books: shared slides, Chirurgia d'Urgenza e del Trauma, SICUT libreriauniversitaria.it

  • acute care surgery:biliary and pancreatic emergencies
    • Books: shared slides, Chirurgia d'Urgenza e del Trauma, SICUT libreriauniversitaria.it

  • acute care surgery: bowel perforation and ischemia
    • Books: shared slides, Chirurgia d'Urgenza e del Trauma, SICUT libreriauniversitaria.it

  • acute care surgery: upper an lower gastrointestinal bleding
    • Books: shared slides, Chirurgia d'Urgenza e del Trauma, SICUT libreriauniversitaria.it



Module: ANESTHESIA AND RESUSCITATION
N/D
Module: NURSING IN THE CRITICAL AREA
N/D

Sustainability goals

  • Goal3
  • Goal5
  • Academic year2026/2027
  • Degree program to which the course belongsNursing - Course L - Roma Azienda S. Giovanni Addolorata
  • Mandatory presenceNo
  • Languageita
  • CFU6 CFU, distributed among 4 integrated didactic modules
  • Total duration72 hours