GENERAL ANESTHESIOLOGY AND MEDICAL-SURGICAL EMERGENCIES

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in Dental Hygiene
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2024/2025
Year: 
2
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2025/2026
Seat of the course: 
Varese - Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
Credits: 
3
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
36
Assessment: 
Voto Finale

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).

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.

Students reception to be agreed by mail appointment at the address: andrea.ambrosoli@uninsubria.it

Professors

AMBROSOLI ANDREA LUIGI