Course Emergency medicine I is compulsory course in the 4th year  of the Integrated Undergraduate and Graduate Study of Medicine in English.  It consists of 1 hour of lectures, 129 hours of exercises, individual assignment and group seminar paper (7 ECTS credits). The course is held in the premises of the Department for Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Center Rijeka.

The course is composed of 8 clinical practices, which include an introduction to emergency medicine, triage, history-taking and physical examination, basic EKG interpretation, venipuncture, IV therapy, sampling for ABS, urinary catheter placement, and other essential emergency room procedures. There are also two online interactive practice sessions held via MS Teams, where students present their group seminar paper and two case studies from clinical practice.

Course objectives: 

Adopt theoretical knowledge in the field of internal medicine, neurology, paediatrics, infectology and psychiatry. Students are going to apply knowledge during practical work in Emergency medicine department through 12 hours shifts. It is expected that students adopt process of triage, interviewing, physical examination and assessing of emergency level in critically ill patients. In addition, it is expected to understand principal indications for laboratory, imaging and endoscopic procedures in emergency department.

Course content:

Approach to the emergency patient, importance of anamnestic data and physical examination, basics of emergency medicine and introduction in the most common emergency conditions in internal medicine, neurology, paediatrics, infectology and psychiatry. Importance of diagnostic methods in radiology, laboratory diagnostics and endoscopy. Basic introduction in other non-surgical medical fields like dermatovenerology and oncology. Differential diagnosis and multidisciplinary approach. Fieldwork are going to be organised as assistance for medical transportation in ambulance car.

Teaching: 

Classes are organized in the form of lectures and exercises, with individual and group assignements. Exercises are supervised by emergency medicine physicians, while students are actively involved in patient treatment in Department of Emergency medicine. Teachers discuss with students the specifics of each exercise. By completing all teaching activities, the student's attendance on exercises acquires 7.0 ECTS credits.