Intended learning outcomes (knowledge, skills and competences to be developed by the students): 

• Causes, mechanisms, manifestations and immediate treatment of pathology usually present in patients who use emergency services, with special emphasis on situations in which the speed of diagnosis and therapeutic orientation are crucial;
• Sorting algorithms by severity and risk degree.
• Skills
• Harvesting of history, physical examination, interpretation of complementary exams and differential diagnosis, oriented to decision making emergent / urgent;
• Screening by degrees of urgency;
• Basic and advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers;
• Veno-puncture and arterial puncture for gasimetry;
• Placement of central venous catheters and arterial lines;
• Assessment of conditions / preparation for transportation of critical patient.
• Skills
• Teamwork;
• Communication with the patient and family members in an emergency ("bad news", risk, informed consent);
• Presentation and discussion of clinical cases between pairs and intra-hospital and inter-hospital referral. 

Syllabus: 

Differential diagnosis and approach of situations that frequently cause urgency: thoracic, abdominal or lumbar pain, dyspnea, fever, vomiting, headache, syncope, trauma.

Forms of presentation, diagnosis, initial approach and referral of situations with potential risk of life or irreversible organ damage, among which we highlight the following: 

• Acute coronary and aortic syndromes/Coronary green vein
• Hypertensive emergencies
• Acute heart failure/acute pulmonary edema / shock
• Cardio-respiratory arrest
• Venous thrombosis / pulmonary embolism
• Syncope
• Stroke/Greenway
• Sepsis/Green sepsis
• Acute or chronic acute respiratory failure/ARDS/ALI
• Hemoptysis/pneumothorax
• Acute renal failure
• Endocrine emergencies (ketoacidosis, hyperosmolar coma, hypoglycemic, thyrotoxicosis, myxedema, adrenal insufficiency)
• Digestive haemorrhage
• Acute abdomen Intoxications
• Thoracic, abdominal and cranio-encephalic injuries