Objectives and competences
Students will gain knowledge of:
Principles of disaster managemente, emergency medicine, mass casualties in manmade and natural disasters, military surgery with principles of damage control surgery, skills of ATLS, organization of field hospitals and major health problems in complex social emergencies.
Content (Syllabus outline)
Disaster medicine developed in past 20 years from coupling of disaster management with emergency medicine. From the US army the principle of damage control surgery was spread around the world in field of war surgery and in civil surgery, in individual multiple injured patient treatment. The student is familiar with the principles of disaster medicine (definitions of medical disaster, complex emergencies, field surgery, terrorism, mass casualty incidents), ethical, social and psychological aspects of medical disaster, with manmade and natural disasters; special assessment is dedicated to specific groups of population (children, women, and elderly people) on prehospital and hospital level.
In special part recent experiences from war surgery transmitted to multiple injured patient treatments with massive internal traumatic bleeding are presented with war surgical practicum. Medical response to major incidents principle and advanced trauma life support principle is presented for preparedness of health providers on individual and institutional level. European guideline for massive traumatic bleeding is introduced.
Learning and teaching methods
Lectures (auditory and e-lectures), tutorial
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and understanding:
The student will get the knowledge and skills for planning and providing of health service during the medical disaster.
Readings
Temeljna literatura in viri:
R. Komadina, V. Smrkolj: Osnove medicine v izrednih razmerah s kirurškega vidika. Celje, Splošna bolnišnica, 2009.
Priporočena literatura in viri:
G.R. Cittone (ur): Disaster Medicine, 2023, Mosby
International Committee of Red Cross, Surgery for victims of war, 2020, spletna literatura www.icrc.org
Prerequisits
Prerequisites for taking the course:
None.
Conditions for fulfilling study obligations:
Completed clinical work are requirements for access to the exam.
