30832 - Traumatology and First Aid

Academic Year 2023/2024

  • Moduli: Stefano Zaffagnini (Modulo 1) Stefano Zaffagnini (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Exercise and Sport Sciences (cod. 8512)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student has acquired the basic knowledge on the medical evaluation of the major diseases of the Musculoskeletal system. The student is able to recognize the methods of diagnostic concerning these diseases, the main conservative and surgical treatment options, the principles of diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of the trauma related to the Musculoskeletal system.

Course contents

  1. TRAUMATOLOGY
    1. Examination of the knee
    2. Knee sprains and dislocations
    3. Meniscal pathology
    4. Knee ligament injuries
    5. Knee tendon injuries
    6. Examination of the shoulder
    7. Rotator cuff injury
    8. Acute shoulder dislocation and shoulder instability (shoulder dislocation outcomes)
    9. Acromioclavicular dislocation
    10. Painful pronation
    11. Examination of the spine
    12. Disc pain
    13. Examination of the ankle
    14. Ankle sprain trauma
    15. Achilles tendon injury
    16. Examination of the hip
    17. Coxalgia and sports practice
    18. Pubalgia
    19. Congenital dislocation of the hip
    20. Traumatic hip dislocation
    21. Fractures: general principles, examination, complications
    22. Lower limb fractures
    23. Upper limb fractures
    24. Muscle trauma
  2. FIRST AID
    1. BLSD principles
    2. sport, adaptation, overtraining, doping
    3. Joint trauma - bandages and temporary immobilization of the limbs
    4. Pathologies from altered environmental temperature, sudden death during physical activity, high altitude pathologies and diving
    5. External and internal bleeding, shock, emergencies and cardiology

Readings/Bibliography

Ortopedia e traumatologia - di P. Randelli e A. Della Valle (PICCIN).

Teaching methods

Frontal Lectures

Assessment methods

The final test consists of a written test which includes 31 multiple choice questions. The questions asked will be aimed at verifying the degree of deepening of the knowledge of the other topics covered and included in the program, the critical ability to link different knowledge together and the achievement of an organic understanding of the topics covered in class.

The exam will be considered passed if the student answers 18 out of 31 questions. The final grade will be the result of the questions answered correctly, e.g. if the student answers 31 questions correctly the mark will be 30L, if he answers 30 questions correctly the mark will be 30, if he answers 29 questions correctly the mark will be 29 and so on. No penalty will be applied for each incorrect answer.

Teaching tools

Frontal Lectures handouts

Office hours

See the website of Stefano Zaffagnini