20629 - First Aid

Academic Year 2014/2015

  • Moduli: Mirella Falconi (Modulo 1) Maurizio Menarini (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Pharmacy (cod. 8413)

Course contents

Chain of emergency and the emergency medical system (118)
- Cardiac arrest 
- Early defibrillation (with tutorial on mannequin)
- First aid in case of sudden loss of consciousness
- central nervous system and peripheral nervous system
- First aid in case of  insect bites and animal bites, allergic reactions
- Chain of emergency in the event of a traumatic event
- Regional anatomy of the human 
- First aid in case of injury and shock
- First aid in case of cranial-encephalic trauma
- First aid in orthopedics
- First aid for burns
- Notes of first aid in case of emergency pediatric

Teaching methods

During the classes overheads and slides will be projected to fully illustrate all the topics of the Contents

Assessment methods

here will be an oral examination with questions related to the topics discussed during the classes.The verbalization can occur in the absence of the student.

Teaching tools

Overhead projector, slide projector, personal computer, videoprojector.

Office hours

See the website of Mirella Falconi

See the website of Maurizio Menarini