Παρουσίαση/Προβολή

(54761) -  Ioanna-Maria Dimopoulou

Περιγραφή Μαθήματος

The "Intensive Care" course aims to familiarize medical students with the fundamental principles of the management of critically ill patients in the ICU. The daily schedule of students includes lectures in the auditorium, clinical involvement (patient examination), briefing [attendance at the morning briefing of intensive care unit (ICU) physicians], clinical teaching at bedside, participation in the ICU rounds, and optional observation/participation in the research meetings of the department.

 

Topics covered:

• Basic knowledge of Emergency Medicine
• Pathophysiology and interactions among the various systems in the critically ill patient with multi-organ dysfunction
• Approach to and prioritization of the patient's problems
• Evaluation of necessary and urgent diagnostic interventions
• Therapeutic protocols for specific syndromes encountered in ICU, such as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), sepsis and shock
• Principles of monitoring of the critically ill patient
• Organ support of the critically ill patient, including mechanical ventilation, administrtion of medications, continuous renal replacement therapy
• Methods of transport of critically ill patients
• Management and prevention of infections-prudent use of antimicrobials

 

Learning Objectives:

 

  After successful completion of the course, students will have acquired the following knowledge and skills:

• Training in clinical examination of critically ill patients
• Training in history talking and the ability to present it, including differential diagnosis and problem solving
• Monitoring of the respiratory system and management of acute respiratory failure (invasive and non0invasive mechanical ventilation)
• Hemodynamic monitoring and management of shock
• Management of acid-base disorders
• Management of acute renal failure and methods of renal replacement therapy 
• Assessment of severity and management of acute neurological problems, including traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Diagnosis of death using neurologic criteria (brain death)
• Point-of-care echocardiography 
• Management of polytrauma patients

General Educational Goals: Students should be able to:

 

• To comprehed the essentials of main topics of the intensive care medicine, such as sepsis, shock, respiratory failure, multiple organ failure and trauma
• To present cases of critically ill patients during ICU rounds.

Course Code: 54761
Head Professor: Prof. Ioanna-Maria Dimopoulou
Lectures: Monday to Friday 09:00-12:00 at "Charalampos Roussos" Auditorium Evangelismos Hospital
Clinical Practice: Monday to Friday 12:00-17:00 in the ICU of Evangelismos Hospital

Course registration in myUni platform is required to attend the course.

 

 

 

 

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Δευτέρα 2 Φεβρουαρίου 2026