Diploma in Pharmacy / Бакалавр (Diploma) в Области Фармацевтического Дела

Course Details

Course Information Package

Course Unit TitleHYGIENE AND EMERGENCY THERAPEUTICS
Course Unit CodePHA305
Course Unit Details
Number of ECTS credits allocated5
Learning Outcomes of the course unitBy the end of the course, the students should be able to:
  1. Explain the effect of food, diet and nutritional habits on health.
  2. Explain the effect of the drinking (city) water on human health.
  3. Explain the characteristics required for the city water, how it can be controlled and the means of water processing.
  4. Describe the requirements for city air and the effects of climate, sun, humidity on health.
  5. Describe the ways to prevent pollution (air, water, soil) and consequences of pollution.
  6. Describe the basics about demography, births-reproduction, illnesses, mortality-morbidity, immigration.
  7. Describe the basics about health organisations in relation to education and wealth.
  8. Describe the various health systems in advanced countries.
  9. Offer fairly professionally first aids in cases brought to their prospective pharmacy, or at any place at the absence of a medical doctor, e.g. accidents of various types, heart problems, stroke, various colici, apnoea, hyperpyrexia, various bone fractures.
  10. Perform medical-nursing operations, e.g. intramuscular and subcutaneous injections or resuscitation.
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
PrerequisitesNONECo-requisitesNONE
Recommended optional program componentsNONE
Course Contents·  Evolution of Hygiene up to the present time.
·  Effect of food and nutrition (constituents, caloric supply, dietary habits) on human health and health problems like cardiovascular, cancer, neurodegeneration.
·  Effect of drinking water, water resources, reservoirs and supply. Water processing.
·  Clothing and health.
·  Houses and city roads.
·  Climate, temperature, humidity, winds, sunlight and health.
·  Health problems in professional environments.
·  Environmental pollutants and health problems.
·  Contagious diseases, epidemics and illegal emigration, sterilization, disinfection, antiseptics. Introduction to demography, changes of population, birth control, abortions and immigration.
·  Contribution of hygiene to human development and prosperity.
·  Health systems in advanced countries.
·  Obligations of states and of citizens.
·  Emergency treatment of sudden loss of consciousness, heart failure, stroke, colici of urinary, gastrointestinal system and other acute pain syndromes.
·  First aids in convulsive situations, apnoea, hyperpyrexia and bone fractures, as well as other common cases of emergency, up to the moment the medical assistance is present, or the arrival of the ambulance.
·  Teaching simple and fairly safe operations, like intramuscular or subcutaneous injections or various types of resuscitation.
·  Laboratory work: Determination of microbial load of milk; Determination of milk lipids; Examination of city water quality; Microscopic and chemical examination of clothing fibres; Determination of heavy metals (Hg, Pb, Cd) or polychrorophenyl in environmental samples; Performing intramuscular and subcutaneous injections; Demonstration and exercising artificial respiration and other resuscitating actions.
Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
  • “Hygiene for Students”, E.F. Willoughby, General Books LLC, 2010.
  • “Critical Care Challenges Disorders, Treatments, and Procedures”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003.
References
  • Scriven, C. Kouta, I. Papadopoulos, Health Promotion for Health Professionals, Paschalides Publications, Athens 2010.
  • American Nurses Association, Public Health Nursing-Scope and standards of Practice, Paschalides Publications, Athens 2010.
  • R. Friis, T. Sellers, Epidemiology and Public Health, Paschalides Publications, Athens 2008.
Planned learning activities and teaching methodsThe course is delivered to the students by means of lectures, conducted with the help of computer-based presentations. Lecture notes and presentations are available through the web for students to use in combination with the textbooks.
Assessment methods and criteria
Coursework40%
Final Exam60%
Language of instructionGreek
Work placement(s)NO

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