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SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY / FACULTY OF DENTISTRY
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Course requirements, methods of monitoring:
To obtain signature for absolving the course students have to participate at a minimum of 10
classes. Participation is documented through catalogues. A midterm exam is taken after the 8th
lecture. It is also required to submit a home paper or a class presentation in course-related topics
by the end of the semester. The course ends with an exam; the grade may include the results of
the midterm and the home assignment.
Supplement possibilities: based on the SE’s exam regulation.
Absence may be justified by a medical document at the next class. One seminar per semester cen
be supplemented by an extra assignment given by the teacher or attending the same class with
another group.
Textbook:
1 Gerry Humphris, Margaret S. Ling: Behavioural Sciences for Dentistry.
Churchill Livingstone, London, 2005
2 Handouts for the lectures will be accesible ont he homepage of the Institute of behavioural Sciences:
www.magtud.sote.hu.
FIRST AID
Course director: Dr. Gábor Gõbl
Tutor: Dr. Imre Engelbrecht
Second Semester
Topics
Principles of first aid. Recognition of an emergency. Assessment of the scene.
Dangerous scene. Safety measurements on the scene. Call for an ambulance.
Emotional viewpoints of managing emergencies.
Assessment of the patient. Responsiveness – unresponsiveness. Assessment of the responsive
patient: complaints, signs for the severe condition. Positioning of the patient in specific conditions.
The unconscious patient. Airway management. Assessment of the vital signs.
Recovery position.
Heart attack. Sudden death. Chain of survival.
BLS (Basic Life Support)
BLS
AED (Automated External Defibrillator). PAD (Public Access Defibrillation)
BLS + AED
BLS + AED
Chocking. Drowning. Electrocution.
Injuries. Extrication of the patient: Rautek maneuvers. Helmet removal. Mobilization
and immobilization of injured patients.
Bleeding control. Bandages. Burns. Fractures, dislocation, sprain.
Fainting. Shock. Allergy
Stroke. Convulsions. Diabetes mellitus: Hypoglycaemia. Shortness of breath.
Poisoning. Drugs. Drunkenness.
Note: Participation at 75% of practices is necessary. Compensation of absences is possible in
subsequent practices.