BASIC INFORMATION:

 

 

*** This elective is not offered through out the year. Please contact the director before choosing this elective.

 

Duration of the elective: 1 month

 

Number of students: Max 5 Students for openning

 

Prerequisites: None

 

Location(s): Koc University Hospital

 

 

CONTACT INFORMATION:

 

Elective Director: Can Aktaş

 

Elective Faculty: Can Aktaş, Ulufer Sivrikaya, Evren Şentürk, Gökhan Gönenli, Eda Ars, Yusuf Koksal, İlker Eren, Elif Degirmenci, Altuğ Kanbakan, Cantürk Emir, Aslı Bahar Uçar , Arda Çınarlık

 

Other specific contacts: Metin Altun

 

 

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF STUDENT ACTIVITIES:

 

Dear Students,

 

The scope of emergency medicine is extremely broad; it covers the care of the neonate through the geriatric, surgical, and madical patients and encompasses all organ systems. Emergeny Medicine is rapidly evolving to reflect our increasing experience, knowledge and research. Procedural skills must supplement our cognitive skills. Achieving proficiency in procedural skills is essential for the daily practice of Emergency Medicine.

 

We prepared essential procedures in emergency medicine elective program. This program will be held twice a year and will take 4 weeks and a maximum of 5 students will be accepted. Group II can do their MELC 503. Group I can do their MELC 505. Program instructors are Can Aktaş, Ulufer Sivrikaya, Evren Şentürk, Gökhan Gönenli, Eda Ars, Yusuf Koksal, İlker Eren.

 

The primary of this program is to provide a detailed, step-by-step approach to procedures performed in the Emergency Department. The objectives for each procedure include learning the indications, contraindications, equipment, technique, complications, sites, post procedure follow up and pearls needed to perform the procedures competently. The list of procedures covered in the curriculum is as follows:

 

Basic Life Support

 

Basic ECG learning and examples

 

Airway Management

 

Advanced cardiac life support

 

Vascular procedure such as iv line, arterial puncture

 

Blood Gas Analysis

 

Nasogastric tube placement

 

Gastric lavage

 

Uretral catheterization (male and female)

 

Basic wound closure techniques

 

Advanced wound closure techniques

 

Subcutaneos foreing body removal

 

Fishhook Removal

 

Ring Removal

 

Trauma Patients management (prehospital and hospital)

 

Extremity traumas casts and splints

 

Forensic cases in trauma

 

Patient safety course

 

Emergency Case Discussions (Every Friday)

 

 

 

Program chart was listed below.

 

 

ESSENTIAL PROCEDURES IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE ELECTIVE PROGRAM

 

 

1. WEEK PROGRAM

 

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
09:00-09:30	09:00-10:00	09:00-12:00	09:00-10:00	09:00-11:00
Wellcome	Airway Management (teoric)	Basic ECG (Teoric)	Advanced Cardiac Life Support (Teoric)	Emergency Case Discussion
09:30-10:30	10:00-12:00	13:30-15:00	10:00-12:00
BLS (Teoric)	Airway Management (Pratic)	ECG Samples	ACLS (Practical)
10:30-13:00	12:00-12:30		13:30-15:00
BLS (Prcatical)	DEBRIEFING		ACLS (Practical)
13:30-14:30			15:00-15:30
Choking Interventions for adult			DEBRIEFING
14:30-15:00
DEBRIEFING

 

 

2.WEEK PROGRAM

 

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
09:00-10:00	09:00-12:30	09:00-12:30	09:00-13:00	09:00-11:00
Vascular procedures teoric	Nasogastric tube placement	Basic wound closure techniques	Emergency Room Group I	Emergency Case Discussion
10-00-12:30 Pratik	Gastric lavage	13:30-17:00	13:00-17:00
IV line	Uretral catheterization (male and female)	Advanced wound closure techniques	Emergeny Room Group II
Venopuncture		Subcutaneos foreing body removal
Arterial puncture		Fishhook Removal
Intraosseos line		Ring Removal
13:30-15:00
Blood Gas Analysis

 

 

3. WEEK PROGRAM

 

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
09:00-12:30	09:00-12:30	09:00-12:30	09:00-13:00	09:00-12:00
Prehospital trauma patients management	Multiple Trauma Patients Management	Extremity traumas casts and splints	Forensic cases in trauma	Emergency Case Discussion
Patient handling techniques	13:30-17:00
C-Spine Collor Application Color	Trauma management with cases
Back board application
KED vest application
Pelvic stabilization

 

 

4.WEEK PROGRAM

 

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
09:00-13:00	09:00-13:00	09:00-13:00	09:00-13:00	09:00-12:00
Patient safety	ABCDE Aproach	Infection prevention and control	Emergency Room Group I	Emergency Case Discussion
Effective team player	13:30-17:00	Patient safety and invasive procedures	13:00-17:00	12:00-13:00
13:30-17:00	Patient Safety Regulations and Legislations	13:30-17:00	Emergeny Room Group II	Feedback Meeting
Speak Up Workup		Improving Medication Safety