COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name
First and Emergency Aid
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
HEM 319
Fall/Spring
2
2
3
4
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
Turkish
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery face to face
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Discussion
Q&A
Simulation
Lecturing / Presentation
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives This course aims to teach the students about the current information, attitudes and skills about the first and emergency care.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • list the basic life support steps in infants, children and adults.
  • list advanced life support steps in infants, children and adults.
  • apply basic life support in infants, children and adults.
  • make advanced life support in infants, children and adults.
  • define first aid responses to medical emergencies.
  • apply emergency aid interventions to medical emergencies.
  • explain emergency aid interventions to traumatic cases.
  • make emergency interventions for traumatic cases.
Course Description This course covers basic emergency medical and traumatic care.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

 



Course Category

 Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
X
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 • Meeting, Introduction of the Course, Sharing Information about the Conduct of the Course • Introduction to first and emergency aid • Triage • First and Emergency Aid Applications in Bleeding Yılmaz İ, Yanardağ M, “Sağlık ve İlk Yardım” 1. Baskı (Ankara, 2017),82-108.
2 • Basic Life Support (Baby-Child and Adult) • Foreign Body Aspiration (Baby-Child and Adult) L. Bikem Süzen “Temel ilk yardım” (İstanbul, 2015), 1-31.
3 •Basic Life Support (Baby-Child and Adult) Practice •Foreign Body Aspiration (Baby-Child and Adult) Practice Yılmaz İ, Yanardağ M. (2017), 110-155.
4 Advanced Life Support (Infant-Child and Adult) First Aid Practices in Shock L. Bikem Süzen. (2015), 63-83.
5 • Advanced Life Support (Infant-Child and Adult) Practice • Emergency Aid Applications in Shock • First Aid Practices in Drowning in Water Yetişkinlerde Temel ve İleri Yaşam Desteği-AHA 2020 Kılavuz Özeti https://acilci.net/yetiskinlerde-temel-ve-ileri-yasam-destegi-aha-2020-kilavuz-ozeti/
6 • MIDTERM EXAM • First Aid Practices in Medical Emergencies (Chest Pain) • First and Emergency Aid Applications in Medical Emergencies (Syncope, Seizures, Stroke) AHA 2020 CPR VE ECC Güncellemeleri-Önemli Noktalar https://www.atuder.org.tr/atuderData/Document/27102020191955-aha-update.pdf
7 • Cardiac Emergencies • First Aid for Fractures, Dislocations and Sprains • Emergency Aid Applications in Injuries Pediatrik Temel ve İleri Yaşam Desteği-AHA 2020 https://acilci.net/pediatrik-temel-ve-ileri-yasam-destegi-aha-2020/
8 • Neurological Emergencies • First Aid Practices for Fractures, Dislocations and Sprains • First Aid Practices in Injuries Yetişkinlerde Temel ve İleri Yaşam Desteği-AHA 2020 Kılavuz Özeti https://acilci.net/yetiskinlerde-temel-ve-ileri-yasam-destegi-aha-2020-kilavuz-ozeti/
9 • Emergency Aid Applications in Head Traumas • First Aid Practices in Medical Emergencies (Hypo/Hyperglycemia AHA 2020 CPR VE ECC Güncellemeleri-Önemli Noktalar https://www.atuder.org.tr/atuderData/Document/27102020191955-aha-update.pdf
10 • Endocrine Emergencies • First Aid Practices in Poisoning and Animal Bites Pediatrik Temel ve İleri Yaşam Desteği-AHA 2020 https://acilci.net/pediatrik-temel-ve-ileri-yasam-destegi-aha-2020/
11 • II. MIDTERM • Emergency Aid Applications in Poisoning • First and Emergency Aid Applications in Burns and Frostbites Yetişkinlerde Temel ve İleri Yaşam Desteği-AHA 2020 Kılavuz Özeti https://acilci.net/yetiskinlerde-temel-ve-ileri-yasam-destegi-aha-2020-kilavuz-ozeti/
12 • Pulmonary Emergencies • Eye, Ear Nose Foreign Body Aspiration AHA 2020 CPR VE ECC Güncellemeleri-Önemli Noktalar https://www.atuder.org.tr/atuderData/Document/27102020191955-aha-update.pdf
13 • First Aid in Disasters • Transport Techniques Pediatrik Temel ve İleri Yaşam Desteği-AHA 2020 https://acilci.net/pediatrik-temel-ve-ileri-yasam-destegi-aha-2020/
14 Obstetric emergencies Yılmaz İ, Yanardağ M. (2017), 110-155.
15 Semester Review
16 Final Exam
Course Notes/Textbooks

Duran L. “Sheehy`s Principles and Practice of Emergency Nursing” (Ankara, 2019), 9786052822227.

Yılmaz İ, Yanardag M. Health and First Aid. 1st Edition. (Ankara, 2017), ISBN: 9786053187752.

L. My Bike Suzen. “Basic first aid”, (İstanbul, 2015), ISBN-ISSN 978-605-335-088-0.
Suggested Readings/Materials

Ekşi A, Erçal T, Çelikli S, Üstünkarlı N, Eroğlu Aygül S. “Emergency patient care: prehospital I”, (İzmir, 2015), ISBN-ISSN 978-605-84431-8-1.

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
Laboratory / Application
1
15
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
1
5
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
2
40
Final Exam
1
40
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
4
60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
40
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
2
32
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
2
Study Hours Out of Class
14
1
14
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
1
10
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
2
9
Final Exams
1
14
    Total
120

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
 Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able to have basic theoretical and practical knowledges in line with scientific developments in the field of nursing and health sciences for family and community health and well-being

 X
2

To be able to use the basic theoretical and practical knowledges to meet the health care requirements of family and community with holistic approach.

 X
3

To be able to follow the evidence-based practices and new approaches by performing nursing practices.
4

To be able to maintain responsibility of improving by itself while adopting the importance of lifelong learning and following scientific, technological and current practices.
5

To be able to communicate effectively with individuals, families, communities and healthcare team in applications.

 X
6

To be able to occur on the professional platforms having the individual study skills, ability to decide independently, and aware of their legal rights and responsibilities.
7

To be able to do team working in disciplinary and interdisciplinary.

 X
8

To be able to organize the projects and events for the living social environment with social responsibility and to apply them.
9

To be able to evaluate the applicability of research results, use in nursing practices, identify new problem areas and think critically.
10

To be able to act according to the social, scientific and ethical values in nursing, during the period of data collection, interpretation, implementation of initiatives and evaluation of results.

 X
11

To be able to collect data in the areas of Nursing and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language.

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest