81464 - MEDICINA INTERNA

Academic Year 2023/2024

  • Docente: Vito Sansone
  • Credits: 2
  • SSD: MED/09
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Professional education (cod. 8477)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the module the student knows the bases of the medical-surgical emergency, particularly referring to first aid.

Course contents

First Aid Principles (BLS)
. A (Airway - Airway management)
. Foreign bodies in the airways
. How to insert an oropharyngeal cannula


. B (Breathing - breath assessment)
. C (Circulation - evaluation of the circle)
. Neurological objective examination: early recognition of stroke
and team thrombolysis


. Principles of intervention in case of ingestion of toxic
substances; electric shock; fractures; bites; heat stroke; burns.
. Wounds, disinfectants, detergents, bandages.
. Management of the patient with hypoglycemia
. Patient management with epileptic seizures

Readings/Bibliography

The teaching material will be provided by the teacher mostly as electronic files, trying to minimize the use of paper materials.

Teaching methods

Lectures and introduction to first aid practice

Assessment methods

The level of learning will be verified at the end of the course through an oral exam.

Teaching tools

Power Point presentation. The teaching material will be downloaded at unibo virtual online learning platform.

Office hours

See the website of Vito Sansone