EMED - Emergency Medicine
EMED 800 Emergency Medicine Clerkship
Credits 1.25 to 10.
1.25 to 10 Other Hours.
25 to 10. 4-weeks; appreciation of the role of emergency medicine within the health care system; acquiring basic life support skills, including the recognition of immediately life threatening conditions and appropriate interventions; diagnoses and treatment of common acute problems; development skills to assess the undifferentiated patient, including the performance of a focused history and physical and the development of an appropriate differential diagnosis. Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of year three of the medical curriculum.
EMED 804 Emergency Medicine
Credits 1.25 to 10.
1.25 to 10 Other Hours.
Practice of emergency medicine includes the rapid assessment and stabilization of patients presenting with acute injuries and illnesses as well as those with exacerbations of many chronic illnesses; appreciate the role of emergency medicine within the healthcare system, acquire basic life support skills, including the recognition of immediately life-threatening conditions and appropriate interventions, diagnose and treat common acute problems, develop skills to assess the undifferentiated patient, including the performance of a focused history and physical and the development of an appropriate differential diagnosis. Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of year three of the medical school curriculum.
EMED 805 Prehospital Medicine
Credits 1.25 to 10.
1.25 to 10 Other Hours.
Opportunity to experience and improve the understanding of EMS systems and operations; understanding the training, capability and clinical practice of EMS personnel and EMS medical directors; preparation of the future physician for a role as part of the EMS system; 2- to 4-week elective. Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of year three of the medical school curriculum.
EMED 807 Toxicology
Credits 1.25 to 10.
1.25 to 10 Other Hours.
Opportunity to experience the initial clinical management of a patient with an acute poisoning; increase familiarity and knowledge of clinical signs and symptoms of the major toxidromes; utilization of the poison center in the management; the use of the clinical laboratory and radiography, decontamination, the use of antidotes, hemodialysis, and resuscitation algorithms; 2- to 4-week elective. Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of year three of the medical school curriculum.
EMED 809 Point of Care Ultrasound
Credits 0 to 10.
0 to 10 Other Hours.
Introduction and basic understanding of ultrasound physics, knobology; ability to acquire and interpret ultrasound images and recognize limitations of bedside ultrasound. Prerequisites: Doctor of Medicine classification.
EMED 811 Career Exploration- Emergency Medicine
Credits 0 to 10.
0 to 10 Other Hours.
Exploration of emergency medicine as a possible career choice. Prerequisites: Doctor of medicine classification.
EMED 817 Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Credits 0 to 10.
0 Lecture Hours.
0 to 10 Other Hours.
Exposure to a variety of urgent and emergent medical and surgical conditions in the pediatric population; evaluation and management of patients from newborns to seventeen-year-old. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisite: Doctor of Medicine classification.
EMED 985 Off Campus Student Initiated Elective
Credits 1.25 to 12.
1.25 to 12 Other Hours.
Formally described elective courses at another medical school or off-campus opportunities that are not formally approved electives; School of Medicine requires that each of these electives be approved prior to the rotation.
EMED 989 Special Topics in...
Credits 0 to 10.
0 to 10 Other Hours.
Selected topics in an identified area of emergency medicine. Prerequisites: Doctor of Medicine classification.
EMED 999 On Campus Student Initiated Elective
Credits 1.25 to 12.
1.25 to 12 Other Hours.
On-campus opportunity in the department of Emergency Medicine in the School of Medicine that is not defined herein; experiences may include clinical research, basic science research, library research, other basic science activities, and other clinical activities; individuals interested in developing an elective of this type should contact the head of the appropriate department for additional details.