Face-to-face lectures – Use of simulation – Hands-on training with mannequins – Clinical exercises

MANDATORY ATTENDANCES -LECTURES

Yes – Attendance of at least 9 lectures required

Microsoft PowerPoint used for lecture delivery

Simulation supported by Laerdal software and mannequins

Students have access to PubMed and other databases

Lecture materials uploaded to the University’s e-class platform

Communication with instructors via email is encouraged

Announcements are posted on the Medical School website

Assessment Language:
Greek (English for ERASMUS students if needed)

Assessment Methods:

• Continuous assessment during the course
• Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)
• Multiple-choice questions

To introduce students to the fundamental principles and practices of Emergency Medicine and enable them to design, analyze, and implement comprehensive care plans for patients in urgent or life-threatening conditions. The course also aims to familiarize students with the Emergency Department environment, interdisciplinary teamwork, and decision-making under time pressure.

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Design individualized emergency care plans based on clinical presentation and comorbidities
• Describe and understand the most common emergencies and the importance of the initial critical hours
• Use diagnostic tools and interpret findings in emergency settings
• Participate actively in interdisciplinary teams and make decisions under pressure
• Provide timely, patient-centered care tailored to the primary condition and comorbidities
• Organize patient management from triage to admission or transfer

General Abilities

• Practical and theoretical data analysis
• Skill development
• Decision-making
• Independent and team-based work
• Interdisciplinary collaboration
• Creative and inductive thinking

Sections

1. Initial assessment (ABCDE approach) – Non-technical skills in the ED
2. Airway management and ventilation
3. Triage
4. Basic Life Support & Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
5. Recognition of acid-base disorders
6. Respiratory emergencies
7. Cardiovascular emergencies
8. Shock
9. In-hospital Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
10. Neurological emergencies

Hands-On Skills Section 1

• Defibrillation – Synchronized cardioversion
• Basic life support and AED use
• Recovery position
• Advanced life support

Hands-On Skills Section 2

• Patient triage
• Airway management – Ventilation – Foreign body obstruction
• Arterial blood gas sampling – Acid-base balance
• ECG rhythm recognition

1. Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine (Cydulka R.K., Fitch M.T., Joing S.A., Wang V.J., Cline D.M., Ma O.J.)
   Broken Hill Publishers Ltd, ISBN 9789925350605
2. FIRST AID, RESUSCITATION AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (AAOS)
   KONSTANTARAS PUBLISHING, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP COMPANY, ISBN 9789606081538
3. PubMed and other online databases
4. European Resuscitation Council Website

Relevant Journals:

• Resuscitation
• Annals of Emergency Medicine
• Academic Emergency Medicine
• Shock
• American Journal of Emergency Medicine
• European Journal of Emergency Medicine
• Journal of Emergency Medicine