- Docente: Tommaso Tonetti
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/41
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Podiatry (cod. 8479)
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from Oct 10, 2023 to Oct 27, 2023
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should have basic knowledge on anesthesia and resuscitation.
Course contents
Physiology of neurotransmission: action potentials, saltatory conduction, sodium channels and their functioning.
Local anesthetics: pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, relationship between structure and function, routes of administration. Main adverse effects of local anesthetics: allergic and non-allergic reactions.
Systemic toxicity from local anesthetics (LAST): epidemiology, pathophysiological mechanisms, clinical presentation, diagnosis and hints of therapy.
Principles of analgesia. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
Anaphylactic shock: pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, initial treatment.
Principles of basic life support with use of automatic defibrillator (BLS-D). Recognition of cardiac arrest. Chain of survival. BLS algorithms. Practical use of the AED.
Readings/Bibliography
Learning material provided by the teacher.
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars. Practical exercises of BLS-D by simulating realistic scenarios on mannequins.
Assessment methods
Oral exam.
Teaching tools
Slides, videos, mannequins for high-fidelity simulation.
Office hours
See the website of Tommaso Tonetti