Course Catalog

 
90-080 ANESTHESIOLOGY
Department ANESTHESIOLOGY Campus Huntsville
Course Type(s) Elective Facility UAB Huntsville Regional Medical Campus
Course Director ERIC MCQUISTON, MD Enrollment Limit 1
Contact LANITA CARTER, PhD Enrollment Minimum 1
Email lanitacarter@uabmc.edu Address UAB Huntsville Regional Medical Campus
301 Governors Dr SW, Suite 313A
Huntsville, AL 35801
Phone (256) 551-4432 Fax (256) 551-4451
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates		 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23, 24-25, 28-29, 30-31, 32-33, 34-35, 36-37, 38-39, 40-41, 42-43, 45-46, 47-48, 49-50, 51-52
Prerequisites Successful completion of the core internal medicine and surgery clerkships and any clerkship which covers the content material of the requested elective or acting internship course (e.g. Pediatric Clerkship must be successfully completed prior to taking a Pediatric Elective or AI). Students must take Huntsville Hospital Airway Management Course prior to the beginning of the rotation. 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Medicine, Surgery
Visiting Students
No LCME students accepted.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description The goal of this course is for the student to (1) gain a working knowledge of preoperative evaluation and postoperative care pertaining to anesthesiology, (2) become familiar with the various anesthetic agents and preoperative medications, and (3) learn intubation and airway management techniques. The student will work with a member of a team of anesthesiologists and participate in procedures in the operating rooms, such as intubation and administering anesthesia. When the opportunity exists, the student may participate in inhalation medicine and respiratory therapy. During the rotation, a reasonable degree of proficiency in technical skills should be acquired including airway management, mask ventilation, endotracheal intubation, venous access and nasogastric tube placement. In addition, the student will be introduced to cricothyroidotomy, jet ventilation, fiberoptic intubation and bronchoscopy. The essentials of sedative, analgesic, and anesthetic pharmacology will be taught. The student will learn the fundamentals of cardiorespiratory monitoring and the principles of mechanical ventilation. The student will gain an understanding of local anesthetic pharmacology and the use of those agents in spinal, epidural and plexus anesthesia. The following key topics will be addressed: interpretations of dysrhythmias and their correction; arterial blood gas analysis, fluid resuscitation and electrolyte imbalance, blood and blood product transfusion, management of hypovolemia and cardiogenic shock and cerebral protection. The student will be evaluated on a subjective basis based upon the attending physician's interview with the student and observations of the student's performance
Where To Report Students will be e-mailed with information on where and when to report.
Requirements See Course Description.
Evaluation Pass/Fail.
Notes