Course: War Surgery

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Course title War Surgery
Course code KAZ/VCHIR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hájek Marcel, MUDr. et Bc. PhD.
  • Mareček Michal, MUDr.
Course content
1) General introduction to the war surgery and resuscitation, surgery in extreme conditions 2) Assessment and access to injured person in war conditions, primary survey according BATLS system 3) Mass casualties and its specifics 4) Triage , treatment and transport priorities according BATLS system 5) Life and limbs saving support 6) Surgery in Damage Control system 7) International schemes of the diagnostics and therapy 8) The most usual war injuries 9) Balistics - gun shot injuries, specifics of treatment methods 10) Crush syndrom, Blast syndrom

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
  • Contact hours - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 40 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 2 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
No particular prerequisites specified.
learning outcomes
The aim is to gain theoretical knowledge of emergency surgical conditions, to understand the knowledge about the operational procedures in terms of prevention of complications, familiar with basic knowledge about the ways of treatment in wartime conditions.
teaching methods
Lecture
Multimedia supported teaching
Interactive lecture
assessment methods
Test
Recommended literature
  • Hájek, Marcel. Chirurgie v extrémních podmínkách : odborný přehled pro lékaře a zdravotníky na zahraničních praxích. 1. vyd. Praha : Grada, 2015. ISBN 978-80-247-4587-9.
  • KASAL, E. a kol. Základy anesteziologie, resuscitace, neodkladné medicíny a intenzivní péče. Praha, Karolinum, 2006.
  • Klein, Leo; Ferko, Alexander. Principy válečné chirurgie. 1. vyd. Praha : Grada, 2005. ISBN 80-247-0735-7.
  • Ševčík, Pavel,; Matějovič, Martin. Intenzivní medicína. Praha : Galén, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7492-066-0.
  • ŠTĚTINA, Jiří a kolektiv. Zdravotnictví a integrovaný záchranný systém při hromadných neštěstích a katastrofách. 1. vydání, Praha: Grada Publishing a.s. 2014. 584 stran. ISBN 978-80-247-4578-7..


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