Pharmacy (English)
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code: PHA109
Course Name: First Aid
Semester: Fall
Course Credits:
ECTS
2
Language of instruction: English
Course Condition:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: Compulsory Courses
Course Level:
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator: Doç. Dr. HALİL DOĞAN
Course Lecturer(s): Assoc. Prof. Halil Doğan
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: • It is inevitable to encounter injuries or diseases for various reasons throughout human life. At various times in our lives, we are at risk of accidents and illness in every environment we are in.When we deal with these situations, the interventionists first aid training will play a decisive role in survival, prevention of injuries and shortening of the healing process.
• Many of our citizens are losing their lives or being disabled due to home, work or traffic accidents and natural disasters in our country.In such situations it is extremely important that the first aid recipients, who are affected by the opportunity or who are in the environment because they can not always be a health officer at the scene.This course aims to provide students with first aid stages with their theoretical applications; life threats, and limb weakness, it is aimed to learn the practices that are done without the medicine at the scene until the health teams arrive.
Course Content: This course is designed to help students avoid life-threatening situations by lifting life-threatening dangers, maintaining vital functions, preventing worsening of the patient's condition, facilitating healing, saving lives, or deteriorating the condition until helped by health workers and also it includesnon-medicinal applications with existing tools and equipment, without seeking medical equipment with the aim of preventing the situation from getting worse.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Explains the basic issues of Clinical First Aid, explains the differences between first aid and emergency treatment.
2) Discusses the primary purposes of first aid and the basic concepts of human body, structure and functioning.
3) He/She explains basic practices of first aid and applies his/her knowledge about the primary duties of first responders to intervention.
4) He/She evaluates the condition of the patients / injured and determines that they will be the primary cases for intervention.
5) He /She applies steps of basic life support in unresponsive patients.
6) In trauma patients, He /She applies primer treatment and basic life support.
7) In disasters He /She applies triage and basic practices of First Aid.

Course Flow Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Course overview; general first aid information: What is first aid, who is first aid? What are the primary aims of first aid? What are the basic practices of first aid?
2) • Basic life support, what is the life saving chain? • What is ABC for first aid? • Post-test: Week 1
3) Basic life support practical training, model airway and CPR training
4) Assessment of Patient / Injury and Site Location: What is the purpose of evaluating the site? What are the tasks to be done in the evaluation of the crime scene? What is the purpose of the evaluation of the patient / injury?
5) • What are the systems that the first deputy should know and which form the body? What are the initial stages of evaluation of the patient / wounds? How should the second assessment of the patient / injury be evaluated? • Post-test: 1
6) • What are the vital signs, what are the zones where the pulse can be taken in the body? How is the head-chin position given to open the airway? What is airway obstruction? What is the airway obstruction statement? How is Heimlich maneuver applied to people with complete congestion?
7) • Basic life support, Practical airway training, airway and CPR training on model
8) • First Aid Injury: First Aid In Blood, What is Shock? • Post-test: 2
9) • First aid in environmental emergencies; electric shock, burn, lightning strike, drowning in water, freezing • Post-test: 3
10) • First Aid in Consciousness Disorders, Coma • Post-test: 4
11) • First aid in poisoning: • Post-test: 5
12) • First Aid in Animal Bites: First Eye, Ear and Burina Fleet of Foreign Objects • Post-test: 6
13) • First aid in cases of hypotension and respiratory distress • Post-test: 7 • LAB: Evaluation of laboratory results
14) • First-aid patient / injured caries techniques in fractures, dislocations and sprains • Post-test: 8

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: • 1.Hung, Oliver L., and L. Nelson. Tintinalli's emergency medicine: a comprehensive study guide. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2016.
• 2.Marx, John, Ron Walls, and Robert Hockberger. Rosen's emergency medicine-concepts and clinical practice. Elsevier Health Sciences, 2014.
• 3.Kleinman, Monica E., et al. "Part 5: Adult Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality." Circulation 132.18 suppl 2 (2015): S414-S435.
• 4. Perkins, Gavin D., et al. "European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2015: Section 2. Adult basic life support and automated external defibrillation." (2015): 81-99.
References: • 1.Hung, Oliver L., and L. Nelson. Tintinalli's emergency medicine: a comprehensive study guide. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2016.
• 2.Marx, John, Ron Walls, and Robert Hockberger. Rosen's emergency medicine-concepts and clinical practice. Elsevier Health Sciences, 2014.
• 3.Kleinman, Monica E., et al. "Part 5: Adult Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality." Circulation 132.18 suppl 2 (2015): S414-S435.
• 4. Perkins, Gavin D., et al. "European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2015: Section 2. Adult basic life support and automated external defibrillation." (2015): 81-99.

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes

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Program Outcomes
1) Applies and develops the universal and social dimensional effects of basic, professional and technological knowledge in the field of pharmacy as well as pharmacy practice interdisciplinary by following legal, deontological and ethical rules.
2) Defines the terminology related to the pharmacy profession; solves problems , accesses scientific information in the field of pharmacy, after monitoring and evaluating the current literature, applies , communicates, shares by using information technologies effectively and efficiently.
3) Uses theoretical and practical knowledge about the anatomical structure of the human body, the physiological working principles of systems, biochemical, immunological events in the organism and microorganisms. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
4) Uses basic and advanced analytical techniques and methods by running qualitative/quantitative analyzes and interprets the findings by using appropriate statistical methods.
5) Defines medicinal plants, herbal drugs and active substances; gains the skills for the development of natural products used for medical purposes.
6) Applies patient-centered and individualized pharmaceutical care service together with other healthcare personnel within the framework of rational drug use by using the principles of clinical pharmacy, pharmacoeconomics, pharmacotherapy and phytotherapy.
7) Knows the biological properties, structure-activity relationships, and metabolisms of drugs and gains the skill for the synthesize and development of new drug candidates.
8) He/She is competent at formulations, production, stability, quality assurance, licensing, patent studies, legal regulations of products containing natural origin and / or synthetic active substances, advanced therapy medicinal products, radiopharmaceuticals and cosmetic products.
9) Interprets the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of drugs, the factors that change their effect, their toxic effects, pharmacolygical activities and their risk assessment method. Reports the drug interactions and adverse drug reactions, monitors and applies the theoretical/practical knowledge for preventing them.
10) As a health professional in his/her profession he/she acts as a caregiver, decision maker, communicator, manager, lifelong learner, instructor, leader and researcher, he/she complies with the principles of evidence-based pharmacy by making teamwork for the benefit of society, national and universal values. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
11) He/She works in various fields such as community pharmacy, hospitals, pharmaceutical medical devices, herbal products and cosmetics sectors, health institutions and agencies, clinical research organizations , universities and R&D centers. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Average 3 Highest
       
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Applies and develops the universal and social dimensional effects of basic, professional and technological knowledge in the field of pharmacy as well as pharmacy practice interdisciplinary by following legal, deontological and ethical rules. 1
2) Defines the terminology related to the pharmacy profession; solves problems , accesses scientific information in the field of pharmacy, after monitoring and evaluating the current literature, applies , communicates, shares by using information technologies effectively and efficiently. 1
3) Uses theoretical and practical knowledge about the anatomical structure of the human body, the physiological working principles of systems, biochemical, immunological events in the organism and microorganisms. 1
4) Uses basic and advanced analytical techniques and methods by running qualitative/quantitative analyzes and interprets the findings by using appropriate statistical methods.
5) Defines medicinal plants, herbal drugs and active substances; gains the skills for the development of natural products used for medical purposes.
6) Applies patient-centered and individualized pharmaceutical care service together with other healthcare personnel within the framework of rational drug use by using the principles of clinical pharmacy, pharmacoeconomics, pharmacotherapy and phytotherapy.
7) Knows the biological properties, structure-activity relationships, and metabolisms of drugs and gains the skill for the synthesize and development of new drug candidates.
8) He/She is competent at formulations, production, stability, quality assurance, licensing, patent studies, legal regulations of products containing natural origin and / or synthetic active substances, advanced therapy medicinal products, radiopharmaceuticals and cosmetic products.
9) Interprets the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of drugs, the factors that change their effect, their toxic effects, pharmacolygical activities and their risk assessment method. Reports the drug interactions and adverse drug reactions, monitors and applies the theoretical/practical knowledge for preventing them.
10) As a health professional in his/her profession he/she acts as a caregiver, decision maker, communicator, manager, lifelong learner, instructor, leader and researcher, he/she complies with the principles of evidence-based pharmacy by making teamwork for the benefit of society, national and universal values. 3
11) He/She works in various fields such as community pharmacy, hospitals, pharmaceutical medical devices, herbal products and cosmetics sectors, health institutions and agencies, clinical research organizations , universities and R&D centers. 3

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Midterms 1 % 30
Final 1 % 70
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 30
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 70
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 14 28
Study Hours Out of Class 14 16
Midterms 1 1
Final 1 1
Total Workload 46