Course Syllabus
Aims
Provide concepts necessary for understanding pathophysiology, clinical presentation and treatment of the principal cardio - respiratory emergencies.
The course will focus on pathophysiology, clinical symptoms and signs of principal cardio -respiratory emergencies and principles of pharmacological and mechanical treatments.
Contents
The course will explain the most important clinical aspects and relative treatments of the following cardiac and respiratory emergencies:
1) Cardiocirculatory arrest
2) Cardiogenic Shock
3) Cardiac Tamponade
4) Acute Aortic Dissection
5) Pulmonary Embolism
6) Acute Respiratory Insufficienc
Detailed program
1) Causes of Cardiocirculatory arrest and treatment (BLS-D, ACLS, ECLS);
2) Definition and classification of Shocks’ types and focus on Cardiogenic Shock, pathophysiology, clinical presentation and treatment;
3) Obstructive shock: focus on the causes of Cardiac Tamponade, pathophysiology, clinical presentation and treatment;
4) Causes of Aortic dissection, classification, clinical presentation and medical treatment prior to surgery;
5) Causes of Pulmonary Embolism, acute cor pulmonale, pathophysiology, clinical presentation and treatment;
6) Causes of Acute Respiratory Insufficiency, clinical presentation and principle of treatment
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of biology, biochemistry, cardiac, vascular and respiratory anatomy, cardiac and respiratory physiology and pathophysiology.
Teaching form
During the Covid-19 emergency the lectures will be delivered from remote in asynchronous/synchronous manner and video recorded
Textbook and teaching resource
To be determined
Semester
First semester.
Assessment method
During the Covid-19 emergency the exams will be
OR Integrated Written exam: 5 multiple-choice questions
OR Oral carried out electronically from remote using the Zoom platform. For access to the events, the links will be published in the e-learning page of the subject.
Office hours
on appointment by email