The course aims to provide the student with skills useful for his intervention, as a person not qualified to exercise the medical profession, in the event that, in his professional life or on another occasion, he should relate to a person who proves to be need medical assistance. The information provided here must only be used to help the person awaiting the intervention of specialized personnel (eg: 118 or Civil Protection). In order to fully understand the rationale of each action indicated here, the description of each dangerous condition or each maneuver must be completed with the description of the anatomical structures involved both as regards the occurrence of the phenomenon described and as regards the approach of the rescuer towards the patient (Clinical Anatomy).

- Approach to the cardiovascular system and interventions on this: arterial pulses and their palpation; the antishock position; heart massage. Assessment of a haemorrhage (definition, types, possibilities and types of haemostasis)

- Approach to the respiratory system and interventions on this: assessment of respiratory activity and saturation; Foreign bodies and clearing of the airways, Artificial Respiration, Lateral Safety Position.

- Principles of Basic Life Support

- Assessment of the state of consciousness (lipothymia, syncope, shock) and alterations due to drugs of abuse or withdrawal symptoms.

- Conjunctival foreign bodies.

- How to move a wounded man

- The first aid kit and rational use of its contents

- The student must have mastery, adequate to the professional profile of the Pharmacist, of the knowledge necessary to help a person in difficulty based on the contingent situation and the skills already acquired in Human Anatomy and Physiology and must be able to relate these elements of competence with the aspects of Clinical Anatomy related to the situation.
- The student will be able to broaden their understanding of the concepts and theories included in the course; he must therefore be able to theoretically reconstruct the need to approach a person in difficulty in a three-dimensional way.
- The student must possess his / her ability (in theoretical and, where possible, practical terms) to use knowledge and concepts that will allow them to reason according to the specific logic of the discipline independently. In particular, he must be able to understand the relationship between morphology, function and clinical condition, sensing the physopathological potential of his personal intervention on the structures under examination.

- The student must show that he is able to communicate his knowledge in a thorough, precise and exhaustive manner to people already competent in the field of Clinical Anatomy and first aid, as well as being able to summarize and simplify the topics in a popular way to be comprehensible even to those who are not experts, always adopting adequate and precise terminology.

- The student will be able to acquire the ability to reach conclusions, examples or parallels independently, on the basis of what he has learned from the program and on the basis of what he has learned by using supplementary or autonomous sources on his own initiative

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Teaching

Lectures and, based on the availability of didactical equipment practical activities and demonstration exercises.

Innovative teaching methods

Flipped lession on practical approaches.

Attendance

A preparatory adequate knowledge of Human Anatomy and Physiology is necessary.

Course books

The study texts to be used will basically be those already used in Human Anatomy and Physiology for the parts of the topics concerning Clinical Anatomy.

- First Aid Manual: (10th Edition Revised), DK Editor, Edition: 2016.

The slides of the lessons, with the references relating to first aid, will be uploaded to the Moodle platform at the end of each topic.

As a supplementary material the following text can be recommended:

- Clinical Anatomy: Applied Anatomy for Students and Junior Doctors, 14th Edition, Harold Ellis, Vishy Mahadevan, Wiley-Blackwell Editor, Edition: 2018.

Assessment

The exam will be oral, with the provision of small practical demonstrations (where possible) of what has been learned. Where possible the practical demonstration (presence of volunteers among the exam candidates who offer themselves as people to be rescued), the exam will focus on 2 theoretical questions (concerning the clinical situation, the relative clinical anatomical situation, the oral description of the maneuvers possible in that situation by the rescuer) and on a practical demonstration performed by the rescuer student on the rescue.

If the practical demonstration is not feasible, the exam will focus on 3 theoretical questions.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

Non-attending students will be able to use the same teaching material available to attending students, however losing the opportunity to acquire the practical skills that will develop in class. These skills must be acquired independently by the students. The program to be followed will be the same as for attending students.

Attendance

A preparatory adequate knowledge of Human Anatomy and Physiology is necessary.

Course books

The study texts to be used will basically be those already used in Human Anatomy and Physiology for the parts of the topics concerning Clinical Anatomy.

- First Aid Manual: (10th Edition Revised), DK Editor, Edition: 2016.

The slides of the lessons, with the references relating to first aid, will be uploaded to the Moodle platform at the end of each topic.

As a supplementary material the following text can be recommended:

- Clinical Anatomy: Applied Anatomy for Students and Junior Doctors, 14th Edition, Harold Ellis, Vishy Mahadevan, Wiley-Blackwell Editor, Edition: 2018.

Assessment

The assessment procedure will be the same as for attending students.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.