Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Language Type Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Emergency Medicine TIP608 Turkish Compulsory 0 + 80 0.0 10.0
Prerequisite Courses
Course Level Undergraduate
Mode of delivery Given face to face
Course Coordinator Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Hasan SULTANOĞLU
Instructor(s)
Goals To learn and apply basic concepts in emergency medicine
Course Content • Definition of Emergency Medicine and Introduction to Emergency Medicine • Anamnesis in the Emergency Department • Physical Examination in the Emergency Department • Sudden death • Basic life support • Arrest Rhythms • Advanced Cardiac Life Support • Advanced Life Support Application • Pediatric Advanced Cardiac Life Support • ECG Capture and Interpretation • Acute Coronary Syndromes • Literature Hour • Emergency Airway Methods • Rapid Sequential Intubation Application • Approach to the Coma Patient • Approach to Rhythm Disorders • Folley Catheter Attachment • Nasogastric Catheter Insertion • Approach to Multiple Trauma Patient • Treatment of Shock in Multiple Trauma Patient • Acute Wound, Wound Care and Closure • Head Trauma • Chest Trauma • Abdominal Trauma • Spinal Cord and Extremity Trauma • Intoxications • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning • Paracetamol Poisoning • Salicylic Acid Intoxication • Alcohol Intoxication • Substance Dependencies • Baratraumas • Animal Bites • Drowning in Water • Hot And Cold Emergencies • Burns • Electrical Burns • Aortic Aneurysm • Aortic Dissection • Acute Arterial Embolism • Pulmonary Embolism • Causes of Syncope • Literature Hour • Pregnant Trauma • Child Trauma • Pelvic and Genito Urinary Trauma • Differential Diagnosis in Emergency Diseases • Vascular Access • Splint and Plaster Application • Red Eye • Hypertension Treatment • COPD, • Asthma • Pulmonary Edema • Stomach ache • Urogenital Emergencies
Learning Outcomes
# Öğrenme Kazanımı
1 • Applies and asseses The Basic Life Support • Applies and asseses The Advanced Cardiac Life Support • Solves the clinical problem and recognises the unsolved patient • Knows how to assess the comatous patient • Knows how to assess the trauma patient • Knows how to assess intoxications
2 • Knows acute coronary syndromes and acts if necessary • Knows the arythmias and acts if necessary • Knows dressing a wound and the follow up • Knows the couses of syncope • Knows vascular emergencies
3 • Distinguishes the conditions which should be assessed and followed by a specialist • Recognises hypertensive emergencies • Knows and applies the suture techniques • Recognises surgical abdomen and starts the initial treatment
Lesson Plan (Weekly Topics)
Week Topics/Applications Method
1. Week Emergency Medicine
2. Week Emergency Medicine Practice
3. Week Emergency Medicine Practice
4. Week Emergency Medicine Practice
5. Week Emergency Medicine Practice
6. Week Emergency Medicine Practice
7. Week Emergency Medicine Practice
8. Week Emergency Medicine Practice
*Midterm and final exam dates are not specified in the 14-week course operation plan. Midterm and final exam dates are held on the dates specified in the academic calendar with the decision of the University Senate.
The Matrix for Course & Program Learning Outcomes
No Program Requirements Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Describe the normal structure and functions of the organism.
2 Explain pathogenesis of diseases and the clinical features according to biopsychosocial model
3 Take the patient’s story and apply the general-system based on physical examination.
4 Treat life-threatening emergency diseases and transport the patient when needed.
5 Perform basic medical procedures necessary for diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
6 Apply ethical principles of the art of medicine
7 Delivery of health services, knows management, organization and financing and can do practiceand of medical the legal rules and risk management
8 Apply the principles of preventive medicine, may cooperate with other relevant stakeholders in order to protect the health ofsociety and individuals
9 Do scientific research, transfer the scientific and technological developments to professional practice
10 Know at least one common foreign language good enough to keep up with current medical literature and to update his/her knowledge and use statistics and computer programmes to evaluate scientific studies.
11 Being able to communicate effectively with patients and their relatives.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements DK1 DK2 DK3
PY1 1 1 1
PY2 1 1 1
PY3 5 5 5
PY4 5 5 5
PY5 5 5 5
PY6 5 5 5
PY7 2 2 2
PY8 1 1 1
PY9 3 3 3
PY10 1 1 1
PY11 5 5 5
Recommended Sources
Ders Kitabı veya Notu
Diğer Kaynaklar
  • 1. Tintinally JE: Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 7th Ed. McGraw-Hill Professional, 2010 2. Stone CK. Current Diagnosis & Treatment Emergency Medicine - 6th Ed. McGraw-Hill Companies, 2008
ECTS credits and course workload
ECTS credits and course workload Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Ders Dışı
Practice 1 80 80
Sınavlar
Midterm 1 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
Practice 1 1 1
Total Workload 83
*AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 ECTS Credit of the Course 10.0