Our Short Specialization Degree in Cardiac intensive care is aimed at mastering the theoretical and practical skills needed when managing patients in cardiac intensive care.
Following a pathophysiological approach, our course focuses on the use of technical equipment generally used in cardiac intensive care.
It also focuses on pathophysiology of various acute cardiovascular diseases, an effective management of cardiac intensive care patients, hemodynamic monitoring, diagnosing of acute and critical cardiovascular patients, pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments in cardiac intensive care.
Our Short Specialization Degree in Cardiac intensive care is aimed at training professionals to autonomously perform the following tasks:
- Performing and interpretating instrumental examinations for acute cardiologic patients
- Obtaining and reading critical patients’ hemodynamic data
- Establishing the diagnosis and treatment of patients in cardiac intensive care
Our Short Specialization Degree in Cardiac intensive care is addressed to doctors and aimed at training professionals who will be able to deal with major acute cardiovascular diseases and critical cardiologic patients based on an appropriate process of diagnosis and treatment.
Students will have the chance to improve their interaction skills with cardiologists who work in intensive care, anesthetists, and heart surgeons during the treatment of acute cardiologic patients. They will also have the chance to seek career opportunities in dedicated wards/departments.
With our Short Specialization Degree, students will also learn how to:
- Assess international guidelines and constant updates of dedicated literature in the field of cardiac intensive care
- Perform and interpret instrumental examinations for acute cardiologic patients
- Obtain and read critical patients’ hemodynamic data
Our Short Specialization Degree in Cardiac intensive care includes three topic areas:
1 – ACUTE CARIOVASCULAR DISEASES: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
- Cardiovascular pathophysiology
- Management of critical patients with acute coronary syndrome
- Acute coronary syndrome with non-atherosclerotic causes
- Coronary and structural intervention
- Cardiac arrest
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Post-cardiac arrest care
- Invasive ventilation
- Arrhytmia in cardiac intensive care
- Cardiogenic shock
- Circulatory assist devices
- Heart surgeon’s role with critical cardiologic patients
2 – NON-CARDIOVASCULAR ASPECTS IN DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CRITICAL PATIENTS
- Basic organization and management in cardiac intensive care
- Non-cardiologic issues in critical patients
- Infections in cardiac intensive care
- Non-invasive ventilation
- End-of-life bioethical considerations
3 – INVASIVE AND NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSTICS
- Echocardiographic diagnostics
- Diagnostic imaging in cardiac intensive care
- Role of pathological anatomy
The general ranking of merit for the academic year 2023/24 will be published on the Italian page of this Master according to the timing provided in the Call.
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Our Master has the duration of a year, and it is carried out on site at the Department of Cardiology of the University of Padua. The location of lessons, the laboratories of diagnostics, and training for the support of cardiovascular patients will be “UOC Cardiologia” and UOSD Terapia Intensiva Cardiologica” of the University Hospital of Padua.
The course includes lessons, workshops, and a project work (200 hours).
Final testing will cover all topics and will include an oral test.
No, the activities focused on the assistance and support of critical cardiovascular patients will take place at the Cardiac Intensive Care of Padua.
Attendance is mandatory for at least 70% of the scheduled hours of the course.