NURSING IN THE CRITICAL AREA AND IN THE EMERGENCY Single channel

Chair (Coordinator) and Rapporteur: MICHELANGELO MICCINI

Module 1: EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Activity type
Primo soccorso
SSD
MED/09
Year
3rd year
Semester
1st semester
CFU
1
Hours distribution
12 classroom hours
Lecturers
Marianna Suppa

Module 2: EMERGENCY SURGERY

Activity type
Primo soccorso
SSD
MED/18
Year
3rd year
Semester
1st semester
CFU
1
Hours distribution
12 classroom hours
Lecturers
MICHELANGELO MICCINI

Module 3: ANESTHESIA AND RESUSCITATION

Activity type
Primo soccorso, Interdisciplinari e cliniche
SSD
MED/41, MED/41
Year
3rd year
Semester
1st semester
CFU
2
Hours distribution
24 classroom hours
Lecturers
PIERANGELO DI MARCO

Module 4: NURSING IN THE CRITICAL AREA

Activity type
Scienze infermieristiche
SSD
MED/45
Year
3rd year
Semester
1st semester
CFU
2
Hours distribution
24 classroom hours
Lecturers
SIMONE INTERLANDI

Learning outcomes

Module: EMERGENCY MEDICINE
N/D
Module: EMERGENCY SURGERY
The student will have learned the general principles of medical and nursing management of critically ill patients.


Module: ANESTHESIA AND RESUSCITATION
N/D
Module: NURSING IN THE CRITICAL AREA
At the end of the course, the student must demonstrate knowledge of the fundamentals of critical care assistance. The student must possess the skills to identify patients in critical conditions, the abilities for the support of vital functions, and elements of knowledge and competence in the use of complex monitoring and treatment tools for critical conditions. The student must demonstrate that they have acquired knowledge and understanding of the main patterns of instability and the related nursing activities and responsibilities, showing that they have understood and know how to manage traumatic and/or bereavement events affecting patients and their families.

Prerequisites

Module: EMERGENCY MEDICINE
N/D
Module: EMERGENCY SURGERY
Basics of anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology


Module: ANESTHESIA AND RESUSCITATION
N/D
Module: NURSING IN THE CRITICAL AREA
Successful completion of the course requires the acquisition of knowledge and skills relevant to the curriculum of previous years.

Programme

Module: EMERGENCY MEDICINE
N/D
Module: EMERGENCY SURGERY
Abdominal trauma
Diverticulitis
Appendicitis
acute abdomen


Module: ANESTHESIA AND RESUSCITATION
N/D
Module: NURSING IN THE CRITICAL AREA
- Concept of critical care area and critically ill patient;
- Concepts of Emergency, Urgency, and critically ill patient;
- The emergency system network: the nurse's role;
- Triage in the in-hospital and out-of-hospital setting;
- Characteristics of the intensive care unit;
- Nursing care of patients in cardiac arrest, acute heart failure, acute respiratory failure, DIC, multiple organ failure, shock;
- Acid-base balance disorders (acidosis, alkalosis), sepsis, acute poisoning, comatose states; BLS-D;
- Support of vital functions in the case of a beating-heart deceased organ donor;
- Techniques and tools for airway management and ventilatory support (intubation, tracheostomy, tracheal suctioning);
- Techniques and tools for hemodynamic support (defibrillation, intra-aortic balloon pump, CVVH, ECMO);
- The emergency department and nursing triage;
- Instrumental monitoring of vital signs: temperature, ECG, BP, CVP, ICP, ABG, SpO2, EtCO2, fluid and electrolyte balance;
- Reading the electrocardiographic tracing from the monitor;
- Nursing management of emergency medications.


Books

Module: EMERGENCY MEDICINE
N/D
Module: EMERGENCY SURGERY
Urgenze ed Emergenze - Maurizio Chiaranda - Piccin


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

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

Module: EMERGENCY MEDICINE
N/D
Module: EMERGENCY SURGERY
Classroom teaching


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

Frequency

Module: EMERGENCY MEDICINE
N/D
Module: EMERGENCY SURGERY
Classroom


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

Exam mode

Module: EMERGENCY MEDICINE
N/D
Module: EMERGENCY SURGERY
Specific questions relating to the topics covered in class


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

Example exam questions

Module: EMERGENCY MEDICINE
N/D
Module: EMERGENCY SURGERY
Classification of abdominal trauma
Complications of diverticulitis


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

Arguments

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

  • Academic year2025/2026
  • Degree program to which the course belongsNursing REPLICA C-AZIENDA POLICLINICO UMBERTO I
  • Mandatory presenceNo
  • Languageita
  • CFU6 CFU, distributed among 4 integrated didactic modules
  • Total duration72 hours