| TBMT24 | Intensive Care and Therapeutic Systems, 6 ECTS credits. /Intensivvård och terapeutiska system/ |
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 48 |
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Area of Education: Medicine Subject area: Biomedical Engineering |
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| Advancement level
(A-D): C
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| Aim: The course gives knowledge of methods, technologies and systems used for intensive care and therapy. The course also enlightens ethical and social issues in highly specialised health care. |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) TBME01 Biomedical Engineering TBME02 Anatomy and Physiology Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Organisation: Lectures, demonstrations, symposia (40h), labratory work (8h) and project studies (20h). |
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| Course contents: Intensive care: Technical systems and clinical applications regarding intensive care, anaesthesia, ventilation, monitoring of vital parameters. Examples of application: foetus and neonatal monitoring, burn treatment, transplantations, intensive care stations. Therapeutic systems: Technical systems and their physiological background e.g. the operating theatre design and equipment, systems for navigation, simulation and surgical planning, endoscopic surgery, electro- and laser surgery. Applications from e.g. thoracic,- and neuro surgery. Example of project work: neuro navigation, endoscopic surgery, heart assistive pumps, foetus- and labour monitoring, neonatal care, intensive care. Laboratory work: The ventilator; surgical instrumentation. |
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| Course literature: Jacobsson: Medicin och Teknik (Kap.10-12), Studentlitteratur 1995, Jacobsson och �-berg: Teknik i praktisk sjukvård, Studentlitteratur 2003, Kompendium IMT 2004. |
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| Written examination Laboratory work Project assignment |
2 p 1 p 1 p |
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Course language is Swedish. Department offering the course: IMT. Director of Studies: Göran Salerud Examiner: Karin Wårdell Link to the course homepage at the department Course Syllabus in Swedish |
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