ANESTHESIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY
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Basic knowledge of anatomy, organ physiology, biochemistry and general pathology (topics covered during the first year of study) are useful for understanding the topics covered during the course. There are no constraining prerequisites for this integrated course.
The learning assessment consists of an oral test of PHARMACOLOGY and an oral test of GENERAL ANESTHESIOLOGY and MEDICAL SURGICAL EMERGENCIES
To pass the exam, the student must demonstrate adequate theoretical knowledge of the topics covered during the course and be able to properly expose the knowledge acquired. To pass the exam a positive outcome (pass mark: 18 thirtieths) must be obtained for both tests scheduled for each of the two modules. The final evaluation will be the average of the evaluations of the two tests, provided that both are sufficient.
PHARMACOLOGY: oral test. Students will be asked both wide-ranging and more specific questions. The student must demonstrate the ability to properly expose the knowledge acquired regarding the fundamental principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics that condition the correct drug dosage, the mechanisms of drug actions and toxicity in healthy individuals and patients and the characteristics of the therapeutic classes addressed in the clas . The answers will be positively evaluated depending on the completeness and synthesis in the presentation of the topics, also using diagrams and graphs.
GENERAL ANESTHESIOLOGY and MEDICAL SURGICAL EMERGENCIES: The student will have to elaborate a written test consisting of 30 multiple choice questions, to be solved in 45 '. Each correct answer is worth one point, while incorrect answers are worth 0 points. At the end of the test, the candidate is invited to view what has been elaborated and the result obtained. The test aims to evaluate the degree of learning of the topics discussed and experienced during the course.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
The integrated course of ANESTHESIOLOGY AND FAMACOLOGY takes place in the first semester of the second year and is inclusive of the teachings of:
PHARMACOLOGY - credits 2
GENERAL ANESTHESIOLOGY and MEDICAL-SURGICAL EMERGENCIES– credits 3
The educational objectives to which the teaching aims are to offer an integrated and critical view of the principles of pharmacology and anesthesiology in the general and specialist dental fields. The course also aims to provide students with information regarding the tools
necessary to carry out basic resuscitation maneuvers and to deal with
emergency clinical situations.
The course also has the task of providing a vocabulary and a scientific lexicon in pharmacology, anesthesiology and emergency-urgency medicine.
EXPECTED LEARNING RESULTS
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
- describe the general principles concerning the interaction between the human body and drugs in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases and the risk factors related to their use.
- know the fundamental criteria for the management, storage and use of drugs in hospital.
- describe the pharmacological and toxicological characteristics of the main therapeutic groups of drugs used in the dental field.
- to know and correctly perform some first aid procedures to ensure the support of vital functions and their restoration in intra- and extra-hospital emergencies;
- to know the resuscitation problems and therapeutic strategies for the treatment of anaphylactic shock;
-knowing the constituent elements of the various anesthetic techniques necessary for the correct execution of the surgical procedure and the protection of the patient from surgical trauma
The contents of the lessons are:
1) anatomy and physiology of pain (2 h);
2) Early warning signs and cognitive aids (2h);
3) clinical evaluation of comorbidities and risks in relation to the dental procedure (2 h);
4) pharmacology of local anesthetics and vasoconstrictors (2 h);
5) instruments for local anesthesia in dentistry (2 h);
6) First Aid and management of respiratory and cardiovascular emergencies (4 hours);
7) Airway obstruction and rescue techniques (4h);
8) Basic Life Support and Defibrillation (4h);
9) Approach to the traumatized. Trauma ABCDE (4h);
10) Anaphylactic shock (2h);
11) conscious sedation techniques in dentistry (2 h);
12) Principles of general and specialist anesthesiology (4h);
13) Monitoring under general and specialized anesthesia (2h);
The contents of the lessons are:
1) anatomy and physiology of pain (2 h);
2) Early warning signs and cognitive aids (2h);
3) clinical evaluation of comorbidities and risks in relation to the dental procedure (2 h);
4) pharmacology of local anesthetics and vasoconstrictors (2 h);
5) instruments for local anesthesia in dentistry (2 h);
6) First Aid and management of respiratory and cardiovascular emergencies (4 hours);
7) Airway obstruction and rescue techniques (4h);
8) Basic Life Support and Defibrillation (4h);
9) Approach to the traumatized. Trauma ABCDE (4h);
10) Anaphylactic shock (2h);
11) conscious sedation techniques in dentistry (2 h);
12) Principles of general and specialist anesthesiology (4h);
13) Monitoring under general and specialized anesthesia (2h);
The course consists of 36 hours of frontal lessons, featuring slide shows and multimedia tools, aimed at enabling students to acquire the expected learning outcomes in terms of knowledge and skills.
- M.Chiaranda: Emergenze mediche nello studio odontoiatrico. 1° Ed. Piccin, 2018
- G. Manani, E. Facco, G. Zanette: Anestesia odontoiatrica ed emergenze. 3a Ed. Idelson-Gnocchi, 2011
- Other material provided by the teacher
Receiving students by appointment by e-mail to paolo.severgnini@uninsubria.it.
Modules
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Credits: 2Place of teaching: Varese - Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
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Credits: 3Place of teaching: Varese - Università degli Studi dell'Insubria