Emergency
Medicine (HM 630)
During
the Emergency Medicine clerkship, the student will:
- develop
skills in quickly establishing a doctor/patient relationship
in the busy Emergency Department, while assessing the patient's
complaint in an effective and efficient manner
- gain
an understanding of the initial clinical approach to and the
management of multiple medical, surgical, and traumatic conditions
and learn an expedient, priority-directed evaluation of emergency
medicine patients
- gain
an understanding of the relationships between the Emergency Department
and the other hospital departments, other members of the medical
staff and pre-hospital care systems
- gain
additional experience in radiographic and electrocardiogram interpretation
- be
exposed to and develop skills in emergency procedures including
airway management, wound care, splinting and establishing vascular
access, etc.
For
more detailed information about the clerkship, please visit these
Web sites: CHM
Emergency Medicine Student Rotation (HM 630)
OR
The
SAEM medical student page |
