Essentials of 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.

Professionalism (PR)

• Demonstrate professionalism and model ethical behavior in completing clinical and other rotation tasks. (PR 5)

Patient Care and Procedural Skills (PC)

• Conduct an initial assessment of a patient in the ED and perform stabilization techniques. (PC1)
• Manage acutely ill and/or injured patients. (PC3)
• Produce a differential diagnosis, and order and interpret appropriate diagnostic tests, including imaging studies, related to the differential diagnosis. (PC4)
• Perform procedural skills (e.g., I.V. access, blood drawing from femoral sticks, arterial sticks, sutures, I&Ds, wound care, fracture splinting). (PC7)

Medical Knowledge (MK)

• Demonstrates basic understanding of EKGs, ABG interpretation. (MK1)

Interpersonal and Communication Skills (IC)

• Presents a patient case for discussion, including differential diagnosis. (IC2)