COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION OF HAZARDOUS INCIDENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AFY 6042 EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION OF HAZARDOUS INCIDENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Disaster Administration

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ZERRIN TOPRAK KARAMAN

Offered to

Disaster Administration

Course Objective

To know the basic principles about the risk administration for hazardous materials that have a higher risk of danger in recent years particularly in developed countries and incident scene administration system.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be aware of risks related to hazardous materials.
2   To know the principles of hazardous material risk administration.
3   To know the hazardous materials that may be encountered in industrial accidents, transportation accidents and terrorist attacks.
4   To know the principles of scene and environmental safety in hazardous material incidents.
5   To know the principles of incident scene administration in hazardous material incidents.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General Introduction of the Course
2 Notification of hazardous material incidents and emergency call services
3 Hazardous materials that can be encountered in industrial areas
4 Hazardous materials in transportation accidents
5 Hazardous materials that can be encountered in terrorist attacks
6 Chemical agents
7 Biological agents
8 Radiation
9 Assessment of incident scene in hazardous material incidents
10 Risk assessment of incident scene and taking security measures against risks
11 Personal protection, protection of victims and environment
12 Decontamination
13 Pre-Hospital emergency medical organization in hazardous material incidents
14 Hospital transfer organization in hazardous material incidents

Recomended or Required Reading

Ekşi, Ali (2015). Kitlesel Olaylarda Hastane Öncesi Acil Sağlık Hizmetleri Yönetimi, Kitapana Yayınevi, Izmir.
Ekşi, Ali (2013). Nükleer Kaza ve Saldırılarda Bütünleşik Kriz Yönetimi, Ege Üniversitesi Yayınevi, Izmir.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To remind the topics of the previous lesson for 15 minutes.
To give a general overview on the topic of the current week.
To give a lecture accompanied by a presentation prepared using the materials provided by the basic course book and other resources.
To make control-oriented brainstorming practices during some weeks.
To support the course topics with sample event examinations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 158

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1545
LO.2545
LO.3545
LO.4545
LO.5545