Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
182000504100ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORTCompulsory243
Level of Course Unit
Short Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to enable paramedics to perform advanced life support applications in pre-hospital emergency care and to have 12-lead ECG information and to control airway clearance.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Öğr. Gör. Fuat Kahraman
Learning Outcomes
1To know the basic concepts of ECG
2To know common cardiac arrhythmias
3To know the management of cardiac arrest before hospitalization
4 To be able to apply defibrillation and cardioversion
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
no
Recommended Optional Programme Components
no
Course Contents
Introduction, aim and learning objectives, advanced techniques for opening the airway and providing breathing, defibrillation and drug therapies required for the return of spontaneous heart rhythm, vascular access techniques for drug and fluid administration, endotracheal intubation, oral path, tube, ensuring the safety of the respiratory tract with cricotyrotomy, artificial respiration with Ambu-Mask or ventilator, advanced life support algorithm, cardiac arrest, prevention of cardiac arrest in hospital, precordial punch, detection of critical patients, emergency interventions in a patient with collapsed in hospital, support of circulation Medications and fluids for cardiac arrest, Alternative routes for drug administration, Intraosseous route, Optimalization of neurological recovery, Cerebral perfusion, Post-resuscitation care.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introduction, aim and learning objectives, advanced techniques for opening the airway and providing breathing, defibrillation and drug therapies required for the return of spontaneous heart rhythm, vascular access techniques for drug and fluid administration, endotracheal intubation, oral path, tube, ensuring the safety of the respiratory tract with cricotyrotomy, artificial respiration with Ambu-Mask or ventilator, advanced life support algorithm, cardiac arrest, prevention of cardiac arrest in hospital, precordial punch, detection of critical patients, emergency interventions in a patient with collapsed in hospital, support of circulation Medications and fluids for cardiac arrest, Alternative routes for drug administration, Intraosseous route, Optimalization of neurological recovery, Cerebral perfusion, Post-resuscitation care.
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
hospital and 112 emergency
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Makeup Examination122
Quiz515
Practice14228
Self Study5315
Report14228
Homework133
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)84
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