YSA110 Diving Medicine

3 ECTS - 2-1 Duration (T+A)- 2. Semester- 2.5 National Credit

Information

Unit YUMURTALIK VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
Code YSA110
Name Diving Medicine
Term 2018-2019 Academic Year
Semester 2. Semester
Duration (T+A) 2-1 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 3 ECTS
National Credit 2.5 National Credit
Teaching Language Türkçe
Level Ön Lisans Dersi
Type Normal
Label C Compulsory
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
Catalog Information Coordinator Öğr. Gör. Dr. ÖZGÜR YILMAZ
Course Instructor ALİ ERDAL GÜNEŞ (Bahar) (A Group) (Ins. in Charge)


Course Goal / Objective

To provide essential knowledge of about basic human anatomy and physiology, to understand the effects of the pressure on diver, to give information about diving diseases related to increased partial pressures of gases, medical problems during and after diving, to understand the effects of immersion, to introduce principles of first aid and medical evacuation, to develop skills to manage basic neurologic evaluation, to describe medical conditions caused by hazardous marine life

Course Content

Basic human anatomy, human physiology, gas laws, shallow water blackout, diving mamalian reflex, barotraumas; ear, sinuses, lung, gastrointestinal, dental, mask and diving suit barotraumas, gas absorption, decompression sickness, oxygen toxicity, nitrogen narcosis, high pressure nervous syndrome, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide poisoning, drowning, simple neurological examination, basic life support, dysbaric osteonecrosis, hazardous marine life, hypothermia

Course Precondition

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Resources

Notes

Diğer Kaynaklar


Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 List the cavities of the body that contain gas.
LO02 Defines respiration and circulation.
LO03 Describes gas laws and reflections in practice.
LO04 Understands diving reflex and shallow water blackout.
LO05 It expresses the effects of the underwater environment on human physiology.
LO06 Distinguish the types of barotrauma.


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 - Think in algorithmic manner; define problems about material and equipment encountered in the field of diving with fundamental engineering point of view. 3
PLO02 - Establish technical communication by using technical language in terms of technical drawing and its field. 0
PLO03 - Gain ability to question the underwater activities, in terms of biological and recreational manner. 1
PLO04 - Possess awareness in terms of occupational ethics in under water engineering applications. 2
PLO05 - Take precautions of safety of diving in evaluating problems of underwater engineering works, make experiment, collect data and represent this data and interpret its fundamentals. 4
PLO06 - To take responsibility and to solve the unforeseeable problems during underwater works 5
PLO07 - To have and to apply the seamanship knowledge 0
PLO08 - Work as a team and individually in operations of pipe line laying and maintenance, in search and rescue, in surveying operations, in rescuing of lagans or repairing lagan ships on the water, in underwater construction and repairs, in engineering activities of diving. 4
PLO09 - To manage a diving operations within the framework of diving techniques and safety knowledge 5
PLO10 - Use required modern technical material and equipment by taking additional training, renew him/her continuously, show that he/she is aware of long life learning requirement by following occupational and academic developments in the field. 4
PLO11 - Communicate with his/her colleagues and track data in his/her field by using a foreign language minimum in A2 general level of European Language portfolio. 0
PLO12 - Obtain ability to plan the process about a system (pressure room, diving system, diving plan, material and equipment selection and erection of them) which would meet requirements of his/her job. 5


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 Anatomy and physiology Studying related books
2 Diving physiology Studying related books
3 Gas Laws Studying related books
4 The effects of pressure on the body, fitness to dive Studying related books
5 Introduction to barotraumas, ear barotraumas; external air, middle air, inner air barotrauma, sinus barotrauma Studying related books
6 Pulmonary barotrauma and other barotraumas Studying related books
7 Decompression sickness Studying related books
8 Mid-Term Exam Studying related books and lecture notes
9 Neurological examination Studying related books
10 Medical transfers and oxygen administration Studying related books
11 Nitrogen narcosis and high pressure neurological syndrome Studying related books
12 Oxygen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide toxicities Studying related books
13 Drowning and near drowning Studying related books
14 Hypothermia and hyperthermia Studying related books
15 Injuries due to hazardous marine life Studying related books
16 Term Exams Studying related books and lecture notes
17 Term Exams Studying related books and lecture notes


Assessment (Exam) Methods and Criteria

Assessment Type Midterm / Year Impact End of Term / End of Year Impact
1. Midterm Exam 100 40
General Assessment
Midterm / Year Total 100 40
1. Final Exam - 60
Grand Total - 100


Student Workload - ECTS

Works Number Time (Hour) Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 3 42
Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 2 28
Assesment Related Works
Homeworks, Projects, Others 1 2 2
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 5 5
Final Exam 1 10 10
Total Workload (Hour) 87
Total Workload / 25 (h) 3,48
ECTS 3 ECTS

Update Time: 18.02.2025 02:53