PSYCHOLOGY
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
GEP0015	Basic First Aid	Fall	2	2	3	4

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	GE-Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Assist. Prof. SELDA POLAT
Recommended Optional Program Components:	In our course, as teaching methods and techniques; lecture, case studies, discussion, practice and presentation will be utilized.
Course Objectives:	The aim of the course is to enable the student to gain basic knowledge and skills in basic first aid principles, wounded assessment, ensuring accident scene safety, basic life support, use of OED, first aid in airway obstruction and drowning, first aid in bleeding, injuries, burning, freezing and heat strokes, poisoning and animal bites.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to

1- Defines basic first aid principles.
2- Defines the situations requiring first aid.
3- Systematically examines the victim or injured individual from head to toe and ensures the safety of the scene
.
4- Defines and applies basic life support steps. Makes OED application.
5- Applies first aid interventions in respiratory obstructions, drowning, bleeding, injuries, consciousness disorders, burning,
frostbite and heat strokes, poisoning and animal bites.

Course Content

This course includes the importance of first aid, legal responsibility, basic first aid information, first aid in bleeding, poisoning and heat injuries, first aid in fractures, dislocations and sprains, first aid in other emergencies and transportation.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	1.Introduction, What is First Aid? General First Aid Information
2)	2.Evaluation of the Patient or Injured Individual and the Scene, Systems
3)	3.Primary and secondary evaluation, Basic Life Support, Automatic External Defibrillator (OED) Use
4)	4.Airway obstruction
5)	5. First aid in bleeding, First aid in shock, First aid in limb ruptures, First aid in foreign body sticks, First aid in natural hole bleeding
6)	6.First aid in injuries, First aid in foreign body in the eye, ear and nose
7)	7. First aid in disorders of consciousness and serious diseases, Fainting, febrile convulsions, epileptic crisis, sugar rise and fall, chest pain first aid
8)	8.MIDTERM
9)	9.First aid in poisoning. First aid in animal bites
10)	10.First aid in burns and lightning and electric shock
11)	11. Cold and Hot, drowning in water First Aid
12)	12.First Aid in Fractures, First Aid in Dislocations and Sprains,
13)	13.Removal of Sick or Injured Individuals from the Accident and Transport Techniques
14)	14The method of removing people from the vehicle (Rentek Maneuver) Course evaluation

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

1- Yürümez Y., Derinöz Güleryüz O. Ve Çığşar G. (Ed.) T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı İlk Yardım Eğitim Kitabı 2024. ISBN: 978-975-590-913-4.
2-Doç.Dr. Fatma Eti Aslan, İlkyardım, Yüce yayınları, 2005
3- İnan F H, Kurt Z, Kubilay İ. Temel İlkyardım Uygulamaları Eğitim Kitabı. T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı Temel Sağlık Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlüğü. İlkyardım ve Acil Sağlık Hizmetleri Daire Başkanlığı. Ankara 2011.
4- Güleç MA, Akkaya M, Önen G, Çelik K. Temel İlkyardım Uygulamaları Eğitim Kitabı. T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı Ankara İl Sağlık Müdürlüğü Acil ve Afetlerde Sağlık Hizmetleri Şube Müdürlüğü. Ankara 2012.
5- Halil İbrahim Somyürek, Huriye Kumaş, Ahmet Kumaş, İlkyardım Teknikleri Palme Yayıncılık, 2007
6- Kürşat Karacabey, Recep Özmerdivenli, Sağlık, Yaşam Bilgisi ve İlkyardım, 2007
7- Ders notları haftalık olarak itslearninge yüklenecektir.

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Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Application	1	% 20
Midterms	1	% 30
Final	1	% 50
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	13	3	39
Application	2	7	14
Study Hours Out of Class	13	3	39
Midterms	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
Total Workload			96

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Develop close interest in human mind and behavior, and attain critical thinking skills (in particular the ability to evaluate psychological theories using empirical evidence), as well as appreciating psychology as an evidence based science.
2)	Gain a biopsychosocial understanding of human behavior, namely, the biological, psychological, social determinants of behavior.
3)	Acquire theoretical and applied knowledge and learn about basic psychological concepts and perspectives
4)	Familiarize with methodology and data evaluation techniques by being aware of scientific research methods (i.e. correlational, experimental, longitudinal, case study).
5)	Employ ethical sensitivity while doing assessment, research or working with groups.
6)	Familiarize with the essential perspectives of psychology (cognitive, developmental, clinical, social, behavioral, and biological).
7)	Get the opportunity and skills to evaluate qualitative and quantitative data, write reports, and present them.
8)	Attain preliminary knowledge for psychological measurement and evaluation.
9)	To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (e.g. sociology, history, political science, communication studies, philosophy, anthropology, literature, law, art, etc) that can contribute to psychology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in understanding and interpreting of psychological process.	4