Learning objectives
Answering the patient's questions on anesthesia, also briefly describing the goals, the sequence of events, the complications
- Know the risk factors for perioperative complications, proposing to the patient treatments aimed at minimizing the risk
Prerequisites
NA
Course unit content
Through practical exercises each student will understand the importance of pre-operative anesthetic assessment of individual patients, anesthetic drugs, analgesia and the clinical monitoring of the operating period. Finally, the anesthesia will be explained for each surgery.
Full programme
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Bibliography
• ROSEN’S. Emergency Medicine
• JM Civetta, critical care: JB Lippincott, Philadelphia
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons and slides
Practical exercises and case
Assessment methods and criteria
The student’s knowledge, topics’ comprehension and her/his skill to apply them on the occupational contexts will be evaluated by questions on the topics related to the course content. Failed answer to one or more questions or proved insufficiency of the basic knowledge on the subject will preclude the successful completion of the exam. In case of completion of the exam, an evaluation that contributes to the final grade of the course will be defined and it will be based on the achievement of the objectives (excellent, good, fair, fully sufficient, barely sufficient).
Other information
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