Emergeny medicine
Basics of emergency medicine
The sector emergency medicine is a part of the field of anesthesiology. The curriculum of emergency medicine includes the immediate recognition and appropriate treatment of imminent or extremely urgent and acute medical emergencies, the resuscitation and stabilization of vital functions as well as achieving and maintaining the transport of patients.
Contents of the catalogue of learning objectives
The curriculum of the national catalogue of learning objectives lists in detail the contents that all doctors are expected to master in order to diagnose and examine an emergency patient. This includes above all the correct classification of a life-threatening condition and the most important measures for maintaining vital functions.
Please extract further details concerning the mediated contents and skills of our subject during the courses from the national educational objectives catalogue of the German Society of Anesthesiology (DGAI).
Offers in the field of emergency medicine
In the field of emergency medicine our department offers you the following possibilities for participating in clinical courses among others.
Introduction to the internship of emergency medicine
The series of lectures No. 03400100 offer four compulsive viewings to the following topics (compulsive attendance; it is not tolerable to miss an appointment):
Introduction into the field of emergency medicine, first aid measures of emergency medicine and pharmacotherapy as well as advanced cardiac life support.
Examinations take place in form of a written test as well as a practical test. The final written test at the end of the term includes multiple-choice questions and it will be held as a tablet-based-examination.
The practical examination in the field of emergency medicine takes place in the ward of our teaching hospital.
In order to take the credits you have to pass both the written test and the practical examination units (see also 3400200). The written and practical tests are equally weighted with 50 percent plus attendance of the core lectures.
Internship of emergency
The internship, Course No 03400200, takes place as a weekend block-course in the teaching hospital. There is a compulsory attendance in divided groups. It is not tolerable to miss an appointment.
At the weekend the part-time seminar lasts approximately five hours. In the practical part the students run through different training slots of a rotation system.
The practical examination takes places in the ward of the teaching hospital.
In order to take the credits you have to pass both the written test and the practical examination units (see also 3400100). The written and practical tests are equally weighted with 50 percent.
Lecture series emergency medicine
The series of lectures, Course No. 03400300, take place regularly once a week. There is no compulsory attendance. The instruction will be held in German.
