Ateneo - UPO

Course

Critical Care - NOVARA

Code

MS0355

Academic Year

2026/2027

Curriculum Year

2024/2025

Degree Programme

NURSING

Curriculum

000 - CORSO GENERICO

Course coordinator

Carla Vigliano

Lecturers

Rosanna VASCHETTO

Credits

2

Lecture Hours

24

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

MED/41 - Anaesthesiology

Course Type

Single-subject learning activity

Course Delivery

OBB - Obbligatoria

Year

3

Teaching period

Primo Semestre

Campus

NOVARA

Teaching language

Italian

Course Contents

1) Basic life support

2) Advanced life support

3) Advanced trauma life support

4) Acute airway management

5) Monitoring of critically ill patients

6) Management of acute and chronic pain

7) Diagnosis and management of brain death.

8) Oxygen therapy, invasive and non-invasive ventilation

9)Prevent infections in critical environments

Reference Texts

Pierluigi Badon, Gian Domenico Giusti "ASSISTENZA INFERMIERISTICA IN AREA CRITICA E IN EMERGENZA" CEA, 2022

Learning Outcomes

The course aims to enable the students to analyze the clinical problems for the most part known to the students, according to a methodology specific to the emergency conditions. This methodology comes out of the traditional schemes of the nosographic classification of diseases trying to go through the criteria for defining severity and symptomatic approach, postponing the goal of a refined and definitive diagnosis.
The course also aims to present the main aspects relating to locoregional and general anesthesia and to propose the most relevant aspects of clinical pain management.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of pharmacology and internal medicine.

Teaching Methods

MS Power-Point presentations, didactic videos, presentation of clinical cases.

Additional Information

Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request specific services and tools via the Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse e agli Studenti, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/services- students-physical-or-learning-disabilities

Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted the University Staff, can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination

modalities, concerning academic aspects.

Assessment Methods

Student assessment will consist of a written test and an oral exam. The integrated written exam is a multiple-choice test comprising 64 questions (passing requires 38 correct answers, equivalent to 60%).

Detailed Syllabus

1) Basic Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (BLS).
2) Advanced Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ALS).
3) Systematic approach to the polytrauma patient
4) Acute airway management
5) Principles of monitoring
6) Management of acute and chronic pain
7) Alterations of consciousness, coma, clinical and legal aspects of brain death
8) Oxygen therapy, invasive and non-invasive ventilation
9) Preventing infections in a critical environment

Expected Learning Outcomes

We expect the students to know and understand the basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation protocol and how to activate the emergency system; we also expect him/her to know and understand the particularities of advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the peculiarities of the approach to the polytrauma patient. The student should come to know how and when to administer oxygen therapy and non-invasive ventilation. The student should know when to request the intervention of an intensivist by recognizing the criteria for the application of non-invasive and invasive ventilation. The students should also be able to gain more in-depth knowledge of basic neurological, respiratory and hemodynamic monitoring. We expect them to develop basic knowledge on acute and chronic pain. They will have to be able to recognize the problems related to the management and prevention of sepsis. Finally, we expect them to learn the clinical and legal aspects of brain death.

Critical Care - NOVARA

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