INP — MedRi

First Aid Course is an obligatory first year course of the integrated undergraduate and graduate university study of medicine. Course is made of 8 hours of lectures and 12 hours of practical classes, in total 20 hours (1 ECTS). It is organised in Kabinet vještina – Skills Lab Simulation Centre of the Department of anaesthesiology, reanimatology and intensive care medicine (School of Medicine, University Campus, building of the university departments).

Aim of the course is to learn basic knowledge and skills to provide first aid. The students will be introduced with basic life support and automated external defibrillation. Also, the students will be taught to assess the deteriorating patient and to provide first aid for medical and trauma emergencies.

Course content: Definition and meaning of First Aid. Cardiorespiratory arrest and resuscitation. Basic life support. Use of automated external defibrillator. Assessment of the deteriorating patient (ABCDE approach). First Aid for medical emergencies. First Aid for trauma emergencies.

Classes: The class is composed of lectures and practicals, during two weeks per group. During the practical classes assistant is demonstrating skills and then supervising active student performance. Special circumstances of each skill are discussed. During the practicals, an obligatory test will be held and a written exam at the end of all classes. By the end of the course, with completion of all tasks and obligations, a student earn 1 ECTS point.

1. Slide handouts
2. G.D. Perkins et al. European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2015: Section 2. Adult basic life support and automated external defibrillation. Resuscitation, October 2015, Pages 81 - 99
3. D.A. Zideman et al. European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2015 Section 9. First aid. Resuscitation, October 2015, Pages 264 - 277

1. Basic life support ERC course manual

2. Guidelines for first aid: 2015 American Heart Association and American Red Cross

Students are obliged to attend all practical classes and to actively participate during the classes. Also, the students have to pass the BLS practical test.

Student grading will be conducted according to the current Ordinance on Studies of the University of Rijeka (approved by the Senate) and the Ordinance on Student Grading at the Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka (approved by the Faculty Council). Student work will be assessed and graded during the course and at the final exam. During the course, all students are obliged to take the BLS practical test. During the test, the assistant assesses the skill and knowledge of a student. At the end of the course and after taking the practical test, a written exam follows, with 25 multiple choice questions. Students that have achived 75% of correct answers on the written exam are graded satisfactory (1ECTS point). Students that have not achived 75% of correct answers are graded non satisfactory.

Course content and all the notifications regarding the course, including exame dates, can be found on the official web site - http://www.medri.uniri.hr

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Course

First Aid

Study programs

Year of study

ISVU ID

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ECTS

1

Lecturers

Clinical skills

Details 2022/2023

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