Course Catalog

 
92-080 ANESTHESIOLOGY
Department ANESTHESIOLOGY Campus Montgomery
Course Type(s) Elective Facility UAB Montgomery Regional Medical Campus
Course Director MICHAEL PEATTIE, MD Enrollment Limit 1
Contact BRITNEY SELLERS Enrollment Minimum 1
Email britneyc@uab.edu Address UAB Montgomery Regional Medical Campus
2119 E South Blvd., Suite 304
Montgomery, AL 361162946
Phone (334) 398-0853 Fax (334) 284-7542
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates		 1-2, 1-4, 3-4, 5-6, 5-8, 7-8, 9-10, 9-12, 11-12, 13-14, 13-16, 15-16, 18-19, 18-21, 20-21, 22-23, 22-25, 24-25, 28-29, 28-31, 30-31, 32-33, 32-35, 34-35, 36-37, 36-39, 38-39, 40-41, 40-43, 42-43, 45-46, 45-48, 47-48, 49-50, 49-52, 51-52
Prerequisites Internal Medicine and Surgery Clerkships 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Medicine, Surgery
Visiting Students
No LCME students accepted.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description This course is designed to help the student gain knowledge of preoperative evaluation and postoperative care pertaining to anesthesiology, to become familiar with various anesthetic agents and preoperative medications, learn intubation and airway management techniques. The essentials of sedative, analgesic, and anesthetic pharmacology will be taught. The student will gain an understanding of cardiorespiratory monitoring and the principles of mechanical ventilation. 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.
Where To Report Baptist South Hospital, Outpatient Surgical Department of the OR, 1st floor
Requirements Please see course description.
Evaluation Pass/Fail. 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.
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