COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POISONOUS ANIMAL BITES AND STINGS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TOK 6045 POISONOUS ANIMAL BITES AND STINGS ELECTIVE 1 0 0 5

Offered By

Toxicology

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR MUKADDES GÜMÜŞTEKIN GÜNELI

Offered to

Toxicology

Course Objective

Learning the mechanisms of bites and stings.
Poisonous animal bites and smuggle, distinct from non-toxic ones, Having knowledge about poisonous animals in our country.protection from poisonous animals and public awareness

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identify poisonous animal bites and stings
2   Toxic and non-toxic animal bites and stings
3   To understand the principles of treatment of toxic animal bites and stings
4   To evaluate of injuries associated with such bites and stings of poisonous animals
5   To predict of injuries associated with such bites and stings of poisonous animals

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to animal bites and stings
2 The causes of envenomation and mechanism of action of venoms
3 The general approach to the patient after the animal bite or sting
4 Scorpion stings
5 Spider bites
6 Snake bites
7 Poisoning with sea animals
8 Bee stings
9 Bites and stings with other animals (centipedes etc)
10 General treatment modalities of poisonous animals
11 Antivenoms
12 Risk factors of envenomation
13 Mortality and morbidity in envenomations
14 Protection from poisonous animals

Recomended or Required Reading

Main reference:
1.Lewis Nelson , Neal Lewin, Mary Ann Howland, Robert Hoffman, Lewis Goldfrank, Neal Flomenbaum. Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, Ninth Edition. July 16, 2010, ISBN-10: 0071605932, ISBN-13: 978-0071605939

Other references:
1.POISINDEX® System: Klasco RK (Ed): POSINDEX® System. Thomson Micromedex, Greenwood Village, Colorado
2. DRUGDEX® System: Klasco RK (Ed): DRUGDEX® System. Thomson Micromedex, Greenwood Village, Colorado
3. Matthew J. Ellenhorn , Seth, M.D. Schonwald, Gary Ordog, Jonathan Wasserberger. Ellenhorn's Medical Toxicology: Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Poisoning. 1997
4. Rx MediaPharma® Interaktif Ilaç Bilgi Kaynağı: Ustunes L (Ed): RxMediaPharma® GEMAŞ Genel Mühendislik Mekanik Sanayi ve Tic. A.Ş. Izmir, Türkiye.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRF PERFORMANCE
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PO * 0.40 + FN*0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PO * 0.40 + BUT*0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be succesful in final exam and practice exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)


Prof. Dr. Mukaddes Gümüştekin Güneli
gumustek@deu.edu.tr,
tel: 4123906

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.151153554532123
LO.231153555532123
LO.331153553552123
LO.451153555532123
LO.551153555532123

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