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MUSCULOSKELETAL URGENCIES AND EMERGENCIES

Course

Code: 3659

Degree: Master's in Emergency Medicine

Faculty of Medicine

Year: Year 2 of Master's in Emergency Medicine

Semester: Fall

Type: Required

Language: Spanish

ECTS credits: 4.5

Lecture: 1

Laboratory: 3.5

Hours: 112.5

Directed: 112.5

Shared: 0

Autonomous: 0

Subject matter: Locomotor System Urgencies and Emergencies

Module: Locomotor System

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Course instructors are responsible for the course content descriptions in English.

Description

This course describes therapeutic action protocols in microcrystalline joint diseases, osteoarticular infection, and pharmacoeconomics in rheumatic disease.

Faculty

Name	Coordinator	Lecture	Laboratory
HERNANDEZ BLASCO, LUIS MANUEL	■	■	■
ANDRES COLLADO, MARIANO NICOLAS		■	■
PASCUAL GOMEZ, ELISEO ANGEL		■	■
BERNAL VIDAL, JOSE ANTONIO		■	■

Competencies and learning outcomes

General competencies

Differentiate and distinguish between a medical urgency and a medical emergency.
Know and apply the severity scale of the most frequent disease entities in medical emergencies.
Team working skills.
Communication skills with patients, family members, and their social environment. Know how to express bad medical news.
Communication skills in medical emergencies out-of-hospital.
Know the chain of survival in medical emergencies.

Specific competencies

Know the guidelines of action for establishing the correct clinical diagnosis in the most frequent clinical emergency situations.
Know the action protocol for performing correct triage in disaster situations or accidents involving multiple victims.
Relate therapeutic actions with severity levels.
Know and apply the recommended action guidelines in medical emergency situations, both in- and out-of-hospital.
Know the recommended action guidelines in primary transport and transfer of severely polytraumatized patients.
Know the recommended action guidelines in primary transport and transfer of traumainvolving brain or spinal cord injury.
Know the recommended action guidelines in disaster situations.
Know the action protocols in accidents involving multiple victims.
Understand the action protocols in accidents involving crush syndrome.
Understand the action protocols in accidents involving physical agents.
Understand the consequences and the initial action protocol in NBC (nuclear-biological-chemical) risk situations.
Know the action protocol in primary transport and transfer of NBC (nuclear-biological-chemical) victims.
Awareness of new forms of bioterrorism.
Know and apply the concept of terminal illness.
Know the types of pain assessment scales.
Know and apply the concept of limiting life-sustaining treatment.
Understand the basic principles of current legislation and comprehensive patient care.
Recognize and understand psychological reactions to trauma.
Know the basics of psychological assistance in critical situations.
Know and apply the most common practical psychological techniques and abilities in medical emergencies.
Know how to administer psychological first aid.
Identify and manage situational stress on the job.
Know how to communicate appropriately in emergency situations.

Objectives (Learning outcomes)

Be able to perform the basic exploration of the musculoskeletal system identifying the non-traumatic musculoskeletal pathology.
Know and identify the main problems of upper and lower limb non-traumatic musculoskeletal requiring urgent attention
Know and identify the main problems non-traumatic musculoskeletal axial and pelvic bone with special attention to the warning signs.
Correctly identify a monoarthritis and meet basic emergency management
Know the main complications that require urgent attention of inflammatory diseases articular chronic and autoimmune

Teaching units

Basic bibliography

Cañete Crespillo, Juan de Dios. "Manual SER de las enfermedades reumáticas". Madrid [etc.] Médica Panamericana 2008.
MERCEDES ALPERI. "MANUAL SER DE ENFERMEDADES REUMATICAS". ELSEVIER ESPAÑA.
Pascual Gómez, Eliseo. "Tratado de reumatología". Madrid Arán D.L. 1998.

Complementary bibliography

IÑIGO RÚA-FIGUEROA FERNÁNDEZ DE LARRINOA. "Manual SER de diagnóstico y tratamiento de las enfermedades reumáticas autoinmunes sistémicas". ELSEVIER ESPAÑA.

Methodology and grading

Methodology

Case studies: Learning through the analysis of actual or simulated cases in order to interpret and resolve them by employing various alternative solution procedures.
Problem-based learning: Develop active learning strategies through problem solving that promote thinking, experimentation, and decision making in the student.

Grading

Continuous assessment (forums, seminars): 30% Test exam: 70% A question with 4 answers, only one valid. Wrong answer: - 0.25%. Unanswered question: scores no points (0). The test exam will be online. DATE OF EXAM December 29, 2018 FORUM From 14 to the 15 of November 2018 REMEDIAL SUBJECTS: Remedial for the subjects of the first semester from June 2 or 20, 2019. A test exam or a task according to the subjects. Remedial for the subjects of the second semester from September 3, 2019. A test exam or a task according to the subjects. CALL FOR DECEMBER: Subjects: October 10 to 20, 2018 TFM (Final Master's Degree Project): October 10 to 20, 2018 DEADLINE MARKS 1st SEMESTER: February 20, 2019 2nd SEMESTER: July 8, 2019 and TFM July 17, 2019. September: September 18, 2019 and TFM September 23, 2019

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General competencies

Specific competencies

Objectives (Learning outcomes)

Lecture topics

Teaching units

Course contents

Basic bibliography

Complementary bibliography

Links

Software

Methodology

Grading