Information Package / Course Catalogue
Health and First Aid
Course Code: FBÖ462
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

This course aims to describe and implement maternal and child health, common health problems in childhood and ways to prevent them, and basic first aid practices.

Course Content

Definition of mother-child health, the state of child health in our country and in the world, child development in the womb, the effects of diseases and accidents during pregnancy on the development of the child, infectious diseases seen in children, treatment methods and ways of prevention, vaccines, definition of first aid, 6 T rule, Heimlich maneuver, shock position, coma position, fracture-dislocation, burn, injury, insect bite, poisoning, swallowing a foreign object, drowning, etc. First aid to be given in such situations.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Nilgün YENİCE
Learning Outcomes
1.Explains the definition of maternal and child health and the situation of child health in our country and in the world.
2.Explains the physical development of children and infectious diseases.
3.Explains the definition, importance, basic life support and applications of first aid.
4.Explain the Heimlich maneuver, shock position, and coma position.
5.Fractures, dislocations, sprains, burns, insect bites, poisoning, swallowing foreign objects, drowning, etc. Explains the first aid that should be given in such situations.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Sönmez, S. ( 2019). Çocuk Sağlığı ve İlk Yardım. PegemA Yayıncılık. Ankara
2.Balcı-Akpınar, R., Küçükoğlu, S. (2019). Çocuk Sağlığı ve İlk Yardım. Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık.
3.Deniz, Ü., Önder, Ö. R. (2015). Anne Çocuk Sağlığı ve İlk Yardım. Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık.
4.Boynukara Z., Atlı M. (Editörler) (2007). Sağlık ve Trafik Eğitimi. Ankara: PegemA Yayıncılık
5.Uysal Kitapçı, F. (2005). Anne Çocuk Sağlığı, Kaptan Ofset, Ankara.
6.Akyıldız, N. (2000). Anne Çocuk Sağlığı -1, Kaptan Ofset, Ankara
7.Somyürek, İ. H. (1998). Adım Adım İlk Yardım ve Kurtarma. Ankara: Palme Yayıncılık
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Definition of mother-child health, the situation of child health in our country and in the world
Week 2 - Theoretical
Pregnancy and child development in the womb
Week 3 - Theoretical
Effects of illnesses and accidents during pregnancy on the development of the child
Week 4 - Theoretical
Children's physical development and follow-up
Week 5 - Theoretical
Infectious diseases seen in children, treatment methods, prevention methods and vaccines
Week 6 - Theoretical
What is first aid? Fundamentals of first aid, 6T Rule, responsibilities of the first aider, what should be in the first aid kit and cabinet, Heimlich maneuver, shock position, coma position
Week 7 - Theoretical
Fractures and types of fractures, fractures in arms, legs, facial bones, spine fractures and first aid
Week 8 - Theoretical
Dislocations, sprains, first aid for dislocations and sprains (Midterm exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Injuries and their causes, traffic accidents, precautions to be taken at the scene of the accident, transportation of the injured, removal of the injured from the vehicle, positions to be given to the injured.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Burns and their causes, classification of burns (1st, 2nd and 3rd degree burns) and first aid
Week 11 - Theoretical
First aid and precautions to be taken in case of insect stings, bee, spider, scorpion stings, snake bites
Week 12 - Theoretical
First aid and precautions to be taken in case of poisoning that occurs through inhalation, digestion and skin
Week 13 - Theoretical
First aid in case of swallowing a foreign object or getting a foreign object in the eyes, ears or nose
Week 14 - Theoretical
Drowning and its causes, first aid for drownings
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory7017
Assignment100440
Reading50525
Individual Work60212
Midterm Examination1538
Final Examination1538
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
OÇ-1
3
3
1
1
1
OÇ-2
3
1
1
OÇ-3
3
2
2
2
OÇ-4
4
2
2
1
1
3
OÇ-5
2
2
1
1
2
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026