81464 - MEDICINA INTERNA

Academic Year 2025/2026

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Professional education (cod. 8477)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student:

  • knows the main pathophysiological and clinical characteristics of certain diseases of internal medicine interest, with particular regard to some emergency situations, selected based on their exemplarity.

  • is able to highlight the problems that can put people's lives at risk and that may occur more frequently in emergency settings.

Course contents

    • Becoming a First Aider

      • How to prepare

      • Protection from infection

      • How to help an injured/sick person

      • Requesting help

      • Remembering your own needs

    • Managing an Incident

      • Action in an emergency

      • Traffic accidents

      • Fires

      • Electrical accidents

      • Water accidents

      • Mass casualties

    • Assessing a patient

      • Mechanisms of injury

      • Primary survey

      • Secondary survey

      • Head-to-toe examination

      • Monitoring vital signs

    • The Unconscious Patient

      • Unconscious adult

      • How to use an automated external defibrillator (AED)

    • Breathing Problems

      • Airway obstruction

      • Choking

      • Strangulation

      • Inhalation of fumes

      • Drowning

      • Hyperventilation

      • Asthma

      • Penetrating chest wound

    • Wounds and Circulation

      • Shock

      • External bleeding

      • Internal bleeding

      • Amputation

      • Crush injury

      • Cuts and scrapes

      • Hematoma/Bruising

      • Blisters

      • Wounds

      • Infected wound

      • Foreign body in a wound

      • Scalp and head wounds

      • Eye wound

      • Bleeding from the ear

      • Epistaxis/Nosebleed

      • Bleeding from the mouth

    • Injuries to Bones, Joints, and Muscles

      • Fractures

      • Dislocations

      • Strains and sprains

      • Head trauma

      • Facial trauma

      • Clavicle (Collarbone) injury

      • Shoulder injury

      • Upper Arm injury

      • Elbow injury

      • Forearm and wrist injuries

      • Hand and finger injuries

      • Rib injury

      • Pelvic fracture

      • Spinal injury

      • Hip and thigh injuries

      • Lower leg injuries

      • Knee injury

      • Ankle injury

      • Foot and toe injuries

      • Cramps

    • Effects of Heat and Cold

      • Assessing a burn

      • Serious burns and scalds

      • Minor burns and scalds

      • Airway burns

      • Electrical burn

      • Chemical burn

      • Dehydration

      • Sunburn

      • Heat exhaustion

      • Heatstroke

      • Hypothermia

      • Frostbite

    • Foreign Bodies, Poisoning, Bites and Stings

      • Types of poisons

      • Drug poisoning

      • Alcohol poisoning

      • Animal and human bites

      • Insect sting

      • Tick bite

      • Other bites and stings

      • Snake bite

    • Medical Conditions

      • Angina

      • Heart Attack/Myocardial Infarction

      • Stroke/Apoplexy

      • Diabetes Mellitus

      • Hyperglycemia

      • Hypoglycemia

      • Seizures in Adults

      • Fever

      • Meningitis

      • Fainting (Syncope)

      • Allergy

      • Anaphylactic Shock

      • Headache

      • Abdominal Pain

    • Emergency First Aid

      • Action in an emergency

      • CPR for an adult

      • Compression-Only CPR (Hands-Only CPR)

      • Heart Attack

      • Stroke

      • Choking in an adult

      • Meningitis

      • Asthma

      • Anaphylactic Shock

      • Severe External Bleeding

      • Shock

      • Head Trauma

      • Spinal Injury

      • Broken Bones/Fractures

      • Burns and Scalds

      • Seizures in Adults

      • Swallowed Poisons

      • Hypoglycemia

Readings/Bibliography

American College of Emergency Physicians. ACEP First Aid Manual 5th Edition: The Step-by-Step Guide for Everyone. US: Dorling Kindersley Limited; 2014.

Austin M, Crawford R, Armstrong VJ. Manuale di primo soccorso. Guida completa per ogni emergenza. Tecniche Nuove; 2023.

Teaching methods

Lectures

Assessment methods

Written examination (multiple-choice questions)

Teaching tools

Course handouts

Office hours

See the website of Giorgio Bedogni