Emergency Medicine

EMED 822 Essentials of Emergency Medicine is required for all MD students in their final year. Students will work six 9-hour shifts during a 4-week period in the Emergency Department as a member of the care team. The ED operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and shifts will be scheduled accordingly with a combination of day, evening, and overnight shifts. During each shift, students will interact with patients, learn how to perform an expeditious and focused H&P, order appropriate diagnostic tests, formulate a differential diagnosis, and treat and manage various illnesses and injuries.

EMED 822 Essentials of Emergency Medicine Objectives:

At the completion of this course, students should be able to do the following:

1. Conduct an initial assessment of a patient in the ED and perform stabilization techniques. (PC1, MK3, MK4, CS1, CS2)
2. Produce a differential diagnosis, and order and interpret appropriate diagnostic tests (including imaging studies) related to the differential diagnosis. (PC2, PR1)
3. Manage acutely ill and/or injured patients. (PC3, PR2, SL2)
4. Perform procedural skills (i.e., I.V. access, blood drawing from femoral sticks, arterial sticks, sutures, I&Ds, wound care, fracture splinting). (MK5, PC1, PC7)
5. Participate in reading EKGs, ABG interpretation, and patient case discussions. (MK5, MK8)