ULL-ULPGC Interuniversity Master's Degree in Emergency Medicine

Competencies

Basic Competencies
  1. Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity for originality in the development and/or application of ideas, often in a research context.
  2. That students know how to apply the knowledge they have acquired and their problem-solving skills in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study.
  3. Students should be able to integrate knowledge and address the complexity of making judgments based on information that, while incomplete or limited, includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities associated with the application of their knowledge and judgments.
  4. Students should be able to communicate their conclusions—and the knowledge and underlying reasons that support them—to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous manner.
  5. That students possess the learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a manner that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.
  6. To offer medical and nursing graduates the opportunity to complete and enhance their training in the field of Emergency Medicine.
  7. To be able to rely on expert professionals to fill any gaps in the region.

General Competencies
  1. Learn the main organizational aspects of emergency medical care in Spain and the keys to managing an emergency service with efficiency and quality criteria. 
  2. Understand the structural and human resources used to provide this type of care, and have the resources to enhance and improve both.
  3. The integration of the diversity of subsystems into the whole or system, avoiding or reducing dysfunctions that, if they persist, would impede or hinder the very reality of the system. In other words, ensuring a National Health System that is harmonious, coherent, supportive, and equitable, but also diverse, that is, rich in variations and nuances.
  4. Achieve technical consistency, scientific quality, and organizational efficiency in healthcare systems, seeking the highest possible social profitability in the management of healthcare resources and facilities. This is reflected in the list of actions described in Article 70.2 of the General Health Law.
  5. To be an instrument that provides an appropriate response to the population's healthcare needs at all times, serving as an effective gateway to the healthcare system and adapting its use to the real needs of each user.
  6. They must not only respond to emergency situations requiring large human and material resources; they must also be able to handle situations of distress, pain, or minor illness, helping the user relieve anxiety and clarify their real situation, advising them on the best way to resolve their situation in each case.
  7. To understand the current reality of Emergency Medical Transport.
  8. Learn how the Emergency Medical Transport Network works.
  9. Know the medicalized resources.
  10. Understand quality management as a hospital strategy.
  11. Know the SEMES Accreditation systems
  12. Know the keys to Clinical Safety.
  13. Know the general concepts of Demography. 
  14. Know the Relationships between Demography and Public Health.
  15. Learn about the Public-Private Medicine Synergy.
  16. Understanding Efficiency and Equity in Healthcare.
  17. Understanding the Acute Abdomen: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Management.
  18. Understanding abdominal trauma. Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
  19. Know the skills necessary for Disaster Healthcare.
  20. Know the radiological management in urgent and critical patients.
  21. Know how to manage the pathologies of a patient with urological emergencies.
  22. Learn the basics of medical, dermatological, oncological, and hematological emergencies.
  23. Learn the basic actions and tools in ATLS.
  24. Learn the basic actions and tools for treating a burn patient.
  25. Learn the basic actions and tools to treat a child in an Emergency Department.
  26. Know the epidemiology of poisonings.
  27. Know how to act in neurological emergencies.
  28. Know how to act in ENT emergencies.
  29. Know how to act in cardiac emergencies.
  30. Know the actions before Medical-Surgical Cardiovascular.
  31. To understand the usefulness of Hyperbaric Medicine in Emergency Medicine.
  32. Know the actions in endocrine emergencies
  33. Know the anesthetic aspects of emergencies.
  34. Know how to act in trauma emergencies.
  35. Learn about public communications in the administrations responsible for civil protection, health and consumer affairs, and hospitals.
  36. Know the actions to be taken in Thoracic emergencies.
  37. Know how to act in gynecological emergencies.
  38. Know how to respond to pulmonary emergencies.
  39. Know the actions to be taken in neurosurgical emergencies.
  40. Know the actions to be taken in ophthalmic emergencies. 

Specific competencies
  1. To understand the historical evolution of emergency medical care in the Canary Islands from 061 to SUC-112. 
  2. To understand the current situation of Emergency Medicine. 
  3. Learn about the current status of the Emergency Medicine Specialty. 
  4. Learn about the professionals involved in emergency medicine. 
  5. Know the triage systems.
  6. Learn about alternatives to conventional hospitalization.
  7. Know the general characteristics and particularities of Emergency Medical Systems. 
  8. To understand the general characteristics and specificities of Hospital Emergency Services. 
  9. Learn how to manage patient flow in hospital emergencies.
  10. Know the aspects of Quality, Clinical Safety, Accreditation. 
  11. Know the specific aspects of emergency care for certain groups (geriatric, immigrants, dying).
  12. Learn about the latest advances in CPR.
  13. Understand all aspects related to clinical safety in hospital emergencies.
  14. To understand the fundamental aspects of teaching and research in emergencies.
  15. Know the models of health coordination centers and Emergency Systems.
  16. Learn about the evolution in the Canary Islands: From 061 to 112. Structure of the CECOES.
  17. Know the protocols for handling and organizing call reception. 
  18. Know the demand analysis: Coordinating Physician, telephone consultation, and Transportation Desk.
  19. Knowing the resources: SUC response models.
  20. Learn about the comprehensive CECOES organization for mass casualties and disasters. Experience in disasters. The March 31st attack, Delta, Cayucos, international disasters, etc.
  21. Learn how critical care transportation is coordinated: domestic flights and transplants.
  22. Learn about SUC projects.
  23. Centralize urgent healthcare requests, both from the general population and from other institutions involved in emergency response.
  24. Provide a quick and efficient response to these demands. To do so, you must be aware of the availability of resources at all times.
  25. Facilitate coordination between pre-hospital and hospital care, ensuring seamless interconnections. This facilitates collaboration between healthcare providers.
  26. Facilitate the transfer of each patient to the "Useful Center," the place where they can receive the most appropriate care for their health problem, without wasting time due to a poor choice of destination.
  27. Continuously monitor the care provided to the patient to address any complications that may arise until the patient arrives at the final destination health center.
  28. Describe the ten commandments of prehospital care (on-site care). Medical Transport Planning.
  29. Describe the operation of land transport: Pathophysiology - Classification and equipment of resources.
  30. Describe the operation of the Sanitized Ambulance. Equipment. Services.
  31. Describe the operation of critical patient transport. Interhospital transport. Monitoring
  32. Describe the functioning of the Medical Transport Coordination. Coordination Room.
  33. Describe the operation of BLS-Equipment and the Role of the Medical Technician
  34. Describe the steps of initial care and the operation of transporting the polytraumatized patient.
  35. Describe the operation of air transport: Characteristics-Pathophysiology. Types of resources: Personnel-Equipment.
  36. Describe the ten commandments of prehospital care (on-site care). Classification of Medical Transport.
  37. Describe quality as a strategic variable
  38. Describe the quality systems in a hospital.
  39. Learn about the models for accreditation, evaluation, and external certification in healthcare services.
  40. Know how to develop a Quality Program in out-of-hospital emergencies.
  41. Know how to implement a quality program in a clinical unit in practice
  42. Describe the operation of the SEMES Accreditation System
  43. Describe the accreditation standards of SU Hospitalarios
  44. Describe the Emergency Services accreditation standards
  45. To learn about the experience and results of the SEMES Accreditation System.
  46. Describe Clinical Safety as one of the keys to Quality in Emergency Services.
  47. Describe the general concepts of Demography
  48. Describe static and dynamic demographics
  49. Describe the relationships between Demography and Public Health
  50. Describe static demographics. Sources of information. Data expression.
  51. Describe dynamic demographics. Birth and fertility rates. Mortality. Migration.
  52. Describe the concept, uses, and purposes of epidemiology. Causality in Epidemiology.
  53. Know how to use frequency and association measures in epidemiology.
  54. Know how to design design strategies in epidemiology.
  55. Describe the different types of Epidemiological Studies.
  56. Describe evidence-based epidemiological research.
  57. Describe the efficiency and equity in the National Health System (Social Profitability vs. Private Profitability).
  58. Describe the forms of management of public health services.
  59. Learn about the Health Agreement 
  60. Describe the Difficult Relationships with the Administration of a Concerted Center.
  61. Describe abdominal trauma. Diagnostic and therapeutic approach.
  62. Describe damage control laparotomy. Abdominal compartment syndrome
  63. Know the traumas of hollow viscera.
  64. Describe Acute Abdomen: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach.
  65. Know and know how to use radiology in abdominal trauma.
  66. Understanding acute abdomen; intestinal obstruction and perforation.
  67. Describe solid visceral trauma. Acute abdomen
  68. Know vascular emergencies
  69. Describe acute anorectal pathology.
  70. Describe the ten pre-hospital care guidelines for disasters and accidents with multiple victims.
  71. Know how to perform and understand triage systems.
  72. Describe the role of nursing professionals in disaster relief.
  73. Knowing how to provide hospital assistance in disasters
  74. Learn about PLESCAN (Health Emergency Plan for Disasters in the Canary Islands).
  75. Learn about the Spanish Red Cross's disaster response.
  76. Describe the Radiological Action Protocols
  77. Differentiating Face and Neck Trauma: CT
  78. Describe vertebral emergencies: Rx, CT
  79. Differentiating Acute Thoracoabdominal Aortic Pathology: CT
  80. Differentiating Acute Pelvic Traumatic Pathology
  81. Describe Interventional Vascular X-ray in hemorrhages, hematomas and acute ischemia.
  82. Differentiate Acute Upper Abdominal (Appendix, Diverticula, Miscellaneous)
  83. Describe and use Ischemic Neuroradiology – Acute Hemorrhage. Action Protocols
  84. Describe Acute Chest X-ray, non-trauma, non-cardiology
  85. Describe Pulmonary Thromboembolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis: US and CT. Management Protocols.
  86. Differentiate between non-traumatic acute osteoarticular pathology. US, CT, MRI.
  87. Describe the management of the patient with priapism
  88. Know how to act in the face of complications from Laparoscopic Urological Surgery.
  89. Know how to act in the face of Vesicourethral and Genital Trauma.
  90. Know how to act in the face of Urinary Tract Infection and Urological Sepsis.
  91. Knowing how to act in the face of Acute Urinary Retention.
  92. Knowing how to act in the face of Acute Scrotum Syndrome.
  93. Know how to act in the event of Kidney and Ureteral Trauma.
  94. Knowing how to act in the face of Fournier's Gangrene.
  95. Knowing how to act in the face of renal colic syndrome.
  96. Knowing how to act in the case of hematuria of urological origin
  97. Know how to act when managing a patient with urinary incontinence.
  98. Describe the attitude towards Blistering Diseases.
  99. Describe the attitude towards STDs.
  100. Describe the approach to parasitosis. Differential Diagnosis of Scabies.
  101. Knowing about Toxicodermias.
  102. Describe the attitude towards Urticaria and other allergic processes.
  103. Describe the approach to cardiovascular emergencies. Superior vena cava syndrome. 
  104. Describe the attitude towards neurological emergencies.
  105. Describe the attitude towards Mucositis and Diarrhea.
  106. Describe the approach to metabolic emergencies. Hypercalcemia.
  107. Describe the attitude towards the Management of Febrile Neutropenia.
  108. Describe the attitude towards Tumor Lysis Syndrome.
  109. Understanding the Miscellaneous: Hyperleukocytosis/Leukostasis, Anemia in the Emergency Department, Peripheral Blood Testing, and Management of Thrombocytopenia
  110. Understand the history and concept of ATLS.
  111. Understand the dynamics and evolution of ATLS.
  112. Demonstrate skills in the initial (critical) assessment.
  113. Describe the initial evaluation and treatment.
  114. Demonstration of skills in the Primary Review.
  115. To describe the systematic use of radiological appendages in primary review.
  116. Demonstration of Airway Skills (A).
  117. Demonstration of skills in Thoracic Trauma (B).
  118. Demonstration of skills in Shock (C).
  119. Demonstration of TCE skills (D). 
  120. Describe the secondary review.
  121. Learn about transfer to definitive care 
  122. Secondary review demonstration.
  123. Know the history and classification of burns.
  124. Define the actions for first aid and transportation of burn victims.
  125. Define the actions in Intensive Care for severe burns.
  126. Define the actions in the Medical Treatment of burns.
  127. Define the treatment of burns in children.
  128. Demonstration of the action in the topical treatment of burns.
  129. Demonstration of performance in the surgical treatment of burns.
  130. Demonstration of the performance of hydroelectrolytic replacement of burns.
  131. Define the action on the skin coverage of major burns.
  132. Describe the after-effects of burns.
  133. Describe new treatment perspectives.
  134. Know the organization of pediatric emergencies.
  135. Define the performance in Triage.
  136. Demonstrate the actions taken against respiratory infections.
  137. Demonstrate the action against Bronchiolitis.
  138. Demonstrate the performance in the emergency management of asthma attacks.
  139. Demonstrate the performance before the GEA. Dehydration.
  140. Demonstrate the action for the feverish infant without a focus.
  141. Demonstrate the performance of initial management of sepsis/septic shock.
  142. Define diabetic onset.
  143. Demonstrate the actions in the case of poisonings.
  144. Define the general management of the poisoned patient.
  145. Define Smoke Inhalation Syndrome.
  146. Define the action to be taken in the event of paracetamol poisoning.
  147. Demonstration of actions in clinical cases.
  148. Define the toxicology of pesticides.
  149. Define the action for Anticholinergic Syndrome.
  150. Define the actions to be taken in the event of exposure to caustics.
  151. Define the actions to be taken in response to the use of designer drugs and cocaine.
  152. Define the approach to acute polyneuropathies: myasthenia gravis and myasthenic crisis.
  153. Define the Evaluation and Treatment of Patients with Myasthenic Crisis. Acute Polyneuropathies and Critically Ill Patients.
  154. Define the latest developments in the diagnosis and treatment of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.
  155. Defining new perspectives in stroke diagnosis through neuroimaging.
  156. Define the update on Infectious Pathology of the Central Nervous System.
  157. Describe the laboratory diagnosis of CNS infections. Advances in Molecular Diagnostics.
  158. Define the action in the face of the Diagnostic and Therapeutic attitude of Headache in the Emergency Department.
  159. Define the response to an Acute Headache in the Emergency Department.
  160. Define the action in the event of Epilepticus and Pharmacological Management of the Epileptic Patient in the Emergency Department.
  161. Define the response to new techniques for diagnosing epileptic seizures and status epilepticus.
  162. Defining the approach to Acute Confusional Disorder. Importance of Etiological Diagnosis and Treatment.
  163. Define the action for Acute Confusional Syndrome.
  164. Define the action in Otological Emergencies.
  165. Define the actions in rhinological emergencies.
  166. Define the course of action in Pharyngolaryngeal Emergencies.
  167. Define the Chest Pain protocol in the Emergency Department.
  168. Define the actions for Acute Coronary Syndrome, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Management.
  169. Define the action in the face of Acute Pulmonary Thromboembolism.
  170. Define the approach to practical management of arrhythmias, syncope, and pacemakers in the emergency department.
  171. Define the action for Acute Aortic Syndrome.
  172. Define the action for Acute Cardiac Dyspnea: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Management.
  173. Define the action to address the problem of sudden death in athletes.
  174. Define the action in the case of Cardiac Tamponade.
  175. Define the prevention and management of bleeding in cardiac surgery.
  176. Define the actions to prevent and manage the inflammatory response after extracorporeal circulation.
  177. Define the course of action for emergency cardiac surgery in newborns.
  178. Defining the approach to acute aortic syndrome. Classification, diagnosis, and treatment.
  179. Define the approach to preventing and managing arrhythmias in cardiac surgery.
  180. Define the actions to be taken in the prevention and management of low cardiac output after cardiac surgery.
  181. Define mechanical assistance in acute ventricular failure.
  182. Define ECMO. Concept, indications, techniques, and outcomes.
  183. Define the actions to be taken in the event of acute complications of cardiac valve prostheses.
  184. Define the course of action for urgent pacemaker complications.
  185. Define the approach to acute infective endocarditis. Surgical management.
  186. Defining the approach to coronary artery surgery for AMI. Emergency surgery for mechanical complications of AMI.
  187. Define the actions to be taken in the event of diving accidents. 
  188. Define the actions to be taken in the event of rescue, first aid, evacuation, and transportation in diving accidents.
  189. Define the action for recompression in a hyperbaric chamber.
  190. Define pathologies caused by freediving.
  191. Describe the Diving Fitness Medical Examination.
  192. Describe Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.
  193. Define the action to be taken in the face of acute calcium disturbances.
  194. Define Diabetes Insipidus.
  195. Define the approach to managing hyperglycemia in the hospital setting.
  196. Define the action for diabetic ketoacidosis.
  197. Define the course of action in the event of an adrenal crisis.
  198. Define the action in the case of pituitary apoplexy.
  199. Define the course of action in the case of hyperosmolar coma.
  200. Define the action in the event of a hypoglycemic coma.
  201. Define the action to be taken in the event of hypertensive crises of endocrinological origin.
  202. Define the action in the event of a thyrotoxic crisis.
  203. Define myxedema coma.
  204. Define the approach to perioperative management in emergencies: toxemia in pregnant women.
  205. Define the approach to perioperative management of emergencies: the cardiorespiratory patient.
  206. Define the approach to perioperative management in emergencies: the head trauma patient.
  207. Describe the usefulness of anesthetic drugs in Emergency Medicine.
  208. Describe crystalloids. Colloids. Transfusions.
  209. Defining the approach to perioperative management of emergencies: the child.
  210. Define airway care management. Aspiration pneumonia.
  211. Define the actions to be taken in monitoring in the Emergency Department.
  212. Defining the approach to treating acute pain. Local-regional techniques.
  213. Defining the approach to treating acute pain. Pharmacological methods.
  214. Define the approach to perioperative management in emergencies: the polytrauma patient.
  215. Define fracture management. Concept. Bone repair.
  216. Define the course of action for the general treatment of fractures and complications of trauma.
  217. Define the actions to be taken in the case of acute bone injuries in children.
  218. Define the actions to be taken in the event of acute knee injuries.
  219. Describe emergency traumatology in sports.
  220. Define the actions to be taken in the event of upper limb trauma.
  221. Define the actions to be taken in the event of hand trauma.
  222. Define the actions to be taken in the case of femur fractures.
  223. Define the actions to be taken in the event of acute injuries in the elderly.
  224. Define the action to be taken in the case of acute low back pain.
  225. Defining the course of action in the event of spinal trauma
  226. Define the actions to be taken in the event of leg and foot trauma.
  227. Describe how to provide public information on medical and health emergencies, human tragedies, and catastrophes.
  228. Understanding the importance of journalistic sources: healthcare personnel.
  229. Understand how media power handles public health content.
  230. Defining the management of spontaneous pneumothorax. Classification. Management guidelines. Surgery for primary and secondary spontaneous pneumothorax. Emergency surgery?
  231. Defining the course of action for pleural effusion. Managing pleural effusion. When to drain urgently. Measures that should not be overlooked in the Emergency Department for pleural effusion.
  232. Define the management of other pleural effusions. Chest drainage.
  233. Defining the treatment for mediastinal syndromes. Mediastinitis
  234. Defining the course of action for chest trauma. Basic standards of practice. Patient transport. Forensic management.
  235. Define the approach to rib fractures. Sternal fractures. Chest wall pathology.
  236. Describe the Intensive Care Unit assessment of thoracic trauma. Stab and gunshot wounds. Special measures.
  237. Define the treatment for traumatic wounds of the diaphragm and mediastinal structures, excluding cardiac structures.
  238. Describe surgical complications in Thoracic Surgery.
  239. Defining the approach to massive hemoptysis. Life-threatening massive hemoptysis. Standards of practice. How, when, and why to operate.
  240. Define the actions to be taken in the case of acute tracheobronchial obstructions.
  241. Defining the treatment for empyema. Empyema management. Emergency drainage: when and how. Surgical treatment of empyema. Other treatments.
  242. Describe the care, maneuvers, and transfer of a woman in labor.
  243. Describe the most common vulvovaginitis.
  244. Define the action for ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.
  245. Define the course of action for hemorrhages in the first half of pregnancy.
  246. Describe ectopic pregnancy.
  247. Define the course of action for hemorrhage in the second half of pregnancy.
  248. Define the actions to be taken in the event of hemorrhages during childbirth and postpartum.
  249. Define the course of action for genital hemorrhagic syndrome in non-pregnant women.
  250. Defining the management of hypertension and pregnancy. Definitions and concepts. Clinical guidelines for hypertension during pregnancy.
  251. Define the actions to be taken in the face of acute complications of hypertension during pregnancy.
  252. Define the course of action in the event of the threat of premature labor and premature rupture of membranes.
  253. Define the response to emergencies caused by infection during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
  254. Define the course of action in the event of an acute abdomen during pregnancy.
  255. Define the course of action in the case of an acute abdomen of gynecological origin.
  256. Define the response to cardiac emergencies during pregnancy. Management of cardiac problems in pregnant women. Pulmonary edema.
  257. Define the response to neurological emergencies during pregnancy. Seizures and other related conditions.
  258. Define the response to respiratory emergencies during pregnancy.
  259. Describe the exacerbation of bronchial asthma.
  260. Define the course of action for difficult-to-control asthma.
  261. Define the approach to non-invasive ventilation in acute patients.
  262. Define the approach to community-acquired lung disease.
  263. Define the approach to nosocomial pulmonology and pneumonia in immunosuppressed patients.
  264. Define the response to respiratory dyspnea in the Emergency Department.
  265. Define the actions for COPD and ILD.
  266. Describe the emergencies in Spinal Pathology.
  267. Describe the Emergencies in Brain Pathology.
  268. Describe the anatomical memory. Corneal, conjunctival, and scleral infectious pathology.
  269. Define the actions for traumatic pathology of the cornea, conjunctiva and sclera.
  270. Define the medicolegal perspectives in ophthalmologic emergencies.
  271. Define the action in the case of orbito-eyelid pathology.
  272. Define the approach to treatment for Basedov's disease. Ophthalmic manifestations. 
  273. Define the action for oculomotor pathology. 
  274. Define the action for Uveal Pathology.   
  275. Define the action for diabetic retinopathy pathology.
  276. Define the action for occlusive pathology.
  277. Define the actions to be taken in the case of vitreous detachment and retinal detachment. 
  278. Describe Maculopathies.  
  279. Describe perforating trauma and intraocular foreign bodies.
  280. Describe causes of vision loss
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