HEM 321 - First Aid and Emergency Care

Basic Information

Course Code:

HEM 321

Course Name:

First Aid and Emergency Care

Language of Instruction:

Turkish

Course Type:

Class

Course Level:

Bachelor

ECTS:

3.00

Instructor:

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Sibel NARGİZ KOŞUCU

Course Objectives

This course aims to help students gain first aid and emergency care skills.

Course Content

This course covers the structure and functioning of the human body, basic life functions, and fundamental concepts of first aid, along with their importance in practice. It includes scene assessment, identification of case types, and precautions to be taken according to the type of case before emergency intervention. The course also addresses emergency case assessment and basic life support in detail. Topics such as injuries and wound care, initial interventions for bleeding, and first aid management of fractures, dislocations, sprains, and strains are included. In addition, first aid approaches for heat-related conditions, poisoning, altered levels of consciousness, drowning, and foreign body obstruction are discussed. Furthermore, the course includes patient transport techniques, bandaging applications, and the contents and proper use of first aid kits. By the end of the course, students are expected to acquire knowledge and practical skills in first aid and develop the ability to analyze emergency situations effectively.

Prerequisites / Corequisites

-

Course Books / Materials / Recommended Resources

AHA 2020 CPR VE ECC (Emergency Cardiovascular Care) GÜNCELLEMELERİ - Önemli Noktalar. (2021, 20 Şubat). Erişim adresi: https://www.atuder.org.tr/atuderData/Document/27102020191955-aha-update.pdf Bennett, J. Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support. In Office Based Anesthesia Complications (pp. 13-22), 2021. Bikem Süzen L.Temel İlk Yardım. Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, 2015. Gürsoy A., Çilingir D.,Temel İlk yardım bilgi ve uygulamaları, Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, 2018

Learning Outcomes

Code	Description
LO1	Classifies first aid attempts
LO2	Evaluates the patient and the injured person.
LO3	Applies basic life support
LO4	Applies the necessary procedures to the patient and the injured in emergency situations
LO5	Applies the triage.

Weekly Course Content

Week	Content
1	Introduction to basic first aid.
2	Systems in the human organism and evaluation of the casualty / patient
3	Systems in the human organism and evaluation of the casualty / patient
4	First aid in injuries
5	First aid for fractures, dislocations and sprains
6	First aid in other emergencies-1 (chest pain, confusion)
7	Basic life support
8	Midterm Exam
9	First Aid in Other Emergencies-1 (foreign body intrusion into eyes, ear, respiratory tract obstructions
10	First aid in burns, hot and cold strokes
11	Biting and insect bites, First aid in poisoning
12	Transport of the patient and casualty
13	Triage
14	Triage
15	General evaluation of the course
16	Final Exam

Workload Calculation

Activity	Count	Duration (Hours)	Total
Attendance	14	2.00	28.00
Laboratory	2	2.00	4.00
Pre-Class Individual Study	14	2.00	28.00
Post-Prectice Individual Study	14	1.00	14.00
Midterm Exam/Preparation	1	7.00	7.00
Final Exam/Preparation	1	14.00	14.00
Total Workload (Hours)			95
ECTS Credit (Workload / 25)			3

Assessment

#	Assessment Type	Contribution (%)
1	Midterm Exam	%30
2	Homework	%20
3	Final Exam	%50
TOTAL		%100

PO - LO Matrix

PO \ LO	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5
PO-1
PO-2
PO-3
PO-4
PO-5
PO-6
PO-7
PO-8
PO-9
PO-10

1

Low Contribution

2

Medium Contribution

3

High Contribution

Teaching and Learning Methods

#	Method Name	Description	Tools
1	Lecture (expository teaching), interactive discussion	Listening and taking notes.	Standard classroom technologies, multimedia tools (projector, computer, digital presentations)
2	Special Support / Structural Examples	Pre-planned specific skills
3	Technical Trip	They participate in a pre-planned technical field trip and report on what they learned during the trip.	Equipment located at the MGM station
4	Laboratory	Listening, note-taking, conceptual analysis, critical thinking, questioning, and participation in discussions.	Special equipment
5	Homework	Solving and analyzing homework questions using a computer and Excel.	Computer

Academic Integrity and Artificial Intelligence

Violations of scholastic honesty include, but are not limited to cheating, plagiarizing, fabricating information or citations, facilitating acts of dishonesty by others, having unauthorized possession of examinations, submitting work of another person or work previously used without informing the instructor, or tampering with the academic work of other students. Any for of scholastic dishonesty is a serious academic violation and will result in a disciplinary action. It is explained in Article 25 of the Directive on Associate and Undergraduate Programs of Antalya Bilim University