Duration
20h Th
Number of credits
| Master in public health (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The occurence of mass casualities is responsible for such important changes that usual health care principles, devoted to single patient care, are no longer appropriate.
First aid and health care management under these conditions require the developpement of a specific organisation with the aim of medical system organisation on site.
It also requires the use of specific skills and distribution of health care ressources according to pre-established guidelines.
Students are intended to gain the opportunity of learning and understanding the specific requirements of planification and management of disasters accidents.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The course objective is the learning of the specific features of disasters, the material and human impact of those accidents and the health care organisation and planification needs.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Individual emergency care knowledge.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Disaster simulation / exercices.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Theory by 2 hours-period courses.
Specific elements of on site medical system organisation, triage, medical management and conditioning will be approached successively.
Then, the course will deal with the particular aspects of collective management of traumas, burns, blasts, natural disasters, nuclear, radiation, biological or chemical incidents, as well as weapons of mass destruction.
Support: slides, clinical cases, videos.
Site: salle de colloque du Service des Urgences, Niveau -1, CHU Sart Tilman, Liège.
Recommended or required readings
A copy of the PPT slides will be distributed at the begining of the course.
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral evaluation.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Teacher:
Alexandre Ghuysen, chargé de cours
Service des Urgences
CHU Sart Tilman B35
4000 Liège Tel: 04/366 77 29
E-mail: a.ghuysen@chu.ulg.ac.be
Secrétariat:
Madame Marielle Gallosi
Tel: 04/366 77 22 - Fax: 04/366 77 23
E-mail: secr.urgst@chu.ulg.ac.be