Syllabus
Occupational diseases, Czech List of Occupational Diseases, European Schedule of Occupational Diseases, legislation. Most frequent occupational diseases in Czech Republic, duties of physicians concerning suspection of the occupational origin of a disease, notification, social and economic impact. Endangerment by an occupational disease. Occupational preventive care. Monitoring of the exposure to noxae in the occupational environment, biological exposure tests, preventive examinations of workers. First aid in acute intoxications.
Intoxications with illegal drugs. Antidotes for intoxications. Intoxications: * hydrogen cyanide and cyanides * organic solvents (benzene, toluene, trichlorethylene, perchloroethylene, carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, ethylalcohol, methanol, gasoline, etyleneglycol) * pharmaceuticals (benzodiazepins and morphine, tricyclic antidepressants, paracetamol) * metals (lead and its compounds, mercury and its compounds) * pesticides (organophosphates, carbamates, rodenticides) * carbon monoxide * methemoglobinizing compounds * mushrooms * damage by acids and alkalis Occupational respiratory diseases: * occupational allergic diseases (allergic rhinitis, asthma, allergic skin diseases) * occupational interstitial fibroses (asbestosis, extrinsic allergic alveolitis) * silicosis and coal worker´s pneumoconiosis
* COPD due to black coal * diseases due to asbestos (benign diseases and tumours) * acute damage of the airways and lungs due to irritant gases, vapours and dusts Occupational damage of the peripheral nerves (toxic, due to overload, vibrations-induced) Disease due to vibrations Diseases due to overload of upper extremities Occupational carcinogens (chemical and physical), classification of carcinogens by IARC. Most common occupational carcinogens and their target organs. Deterministic (non-stochastic) effects of ionizing radiation.
Annotation
Legal aspects of occupational medicine, prevention of occupational diseases, occupational pneumology, occupational neurology, occupational carcinogens, occupational diseases due to vibrations and overload of extremities. Clinical and occupational toxicology and damage caused by ionizing radiation.
Occupational health services.