ECTS - University of Pisa
The students completing the course will have a basic knowledge about moving and operating in the surgical area. They will be able to understand the structure and the functioning of the operating area and will be able to develop their surgical skills consciously. They will have the basis to understand ther anaesthesiological management of a patient and to assist the anesthetist in the operating room. The course is furthermore aimed at exposing the students to all principal topics regarding the surgical patient, from the hospitalization, to the perioperative period to the complete healing. The main learning outcomes regards then the concept of asepsis and its practical applications, the knowledge of the operative theatre, of the material and of the professional figures involved, the basic clinical monitoring of a surgical patient and the surveillance og the fluid balance, the knowledge and the skill to spot the postoperative complications, as well as the skills to manage successfully the surgical wounds. Each topic has a number of (written) core concepts which represent the minimal level of knowledge required to afford a successfull examination.
The student minimum learning level is given by the demonstration of an appropriate knowledge of the key point for each lesson / argument. This will be assessed by the oral esamination.
Methods:
Delivery: face to face
Learning activities:
Attendance: Advised
Teaching methods:
Principi fondamentali della chirurgia- l’asepsi, la tecnica chirurgica, le suture, i sistemi di drenaggio, lo svolgimento dell’intervento chirurgico, la chirurgia laparoscopica, la chirurgia robotica, l’endoscopia e l’ecografia interventistiche.
La gestione del paziente prima dell'intervento
The course starts with the exposition of basic surgical principles: asepsis and its practical applications, the surgical technique, the surgical instruments (from stitches to drains to the operative instruments), the concept of laparoscopic and robotic surgery, operative endoscopic and echographic procedures. Then it deals with the preoperative management of the patient: the concept of bodily homeostasis, the fluid and electrolyte exchanges, the consideration of the operative risk, the informed consent, antibiotic prophylaxis, the vascular accesses. Follows the postoperative management of the patient: postoperative complications and their management, artificial feeding, the management of surgical wounds and of acute hemorrhage.
Suggested textbook: Brunner, Suddarth: Nursing medico-chirurgico. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, 2 volumi. Written didactic material with key points for each lecture will be available during lessons. Didactic material is available as a presentation on-line (Test-net).
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