COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PRE-HOSPITAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ACS 2014 PRE-HOSPITAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY ELECTIVE 1 1 0 3

Offered By

First And Emergency Aid

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BENNUR KOCA

Offered to

First And Emergency Aid

Course Objective

To increase the quality of emergency intervention by ensuring the reliability of procedures in interventions by teaching paramedics how to use the ultrasonography device in the pre-hospital and ambulance, and to create an intervention plan according to the preliminary diagnoses of patients/injured people, which can be made faster through the ultrasonography device.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1-Can define the ultrasonography device, its features and types.
2   2-Can define fractures, dislocations, muscle, tendon injuries of trauma patients.
3   3-Can define bleeding into body cavities and free fluids.
4   4-Can define whether the patient has fluid deficit.
5   5-Can evaluate cardiac activity with echocardiography in cardiac arrest and acute coronary syndromes.
6   6-Has the ability to use USG in special cases (Pediatric, Obstetric, Gynecological etc.).

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1-Pre-Hospital Ultrasonography Use 11-Basic Windows in Focused Cardiac Ultrasonography
2 2-Features, Physics, Image Artifacts of Ultrasound Devices 12-Echo Applications in Pathological Cases (ACS, Pericardial Effusion, P.E.)
3 3-Interventional USG (Vascular Access Applications, DVT) 13-USG in Resuscitation (Airway)
4 4-USG in Musculoskeletal Injuries
5 5-Foreign Body
6 6-Abdominal USG (E-FAST-VCI-Abdominal Aorta)
7 7-Pelvic and Urogenital System Ultrasonography
8 8-Use of USG in Disasters
9 9-Lung Ultrasonography (Pulmonary Embolism, Pleural Effusion, COPD, Asthma)
10 10-Obstetric and Pediatric USG

Recomended or Required Reading

Recommended Resources for the Course:
Emergency Ultrasonography Nobel Bookstore ISBN 9786257451574

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Explanation with visual and written materials. Application with devices on models and real patients.

Assessment Methods

To be announced!

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

(Which dimensions of learning outcomes are measured by which evaluation criteria Evaluation criteria should be associated with learning methods.)
To be announced..

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is done and evaluated within the framework of SHMYO Teaching and Exam Application Principles.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Associate Professor Bennur KOCA; e-mail: bennur.koca @deu.edu.tr; Tel: 0 (232) 412 47 03

Office Hours

Meetings can be made by appointment during working hours.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 3 3
Preparing presentations 14 1 14
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 64

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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