Course Catalog

 
91-970 EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Department EMERGENCY MED Campus Tuscaloosa
Course Type(s) Elective Facility DCH Regional Medical Center
Course Director NATHAN HADLEY, MD Enrollment Limit 2
Contact ASHLEY GALBRAITH Enrollment Minimum 1
Email jagalbraith@ua.edu Address University Medical Center
850 Peter Bryce Blvd.
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone (205) 348-1287 Fax (205) 348-5160
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 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). 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Medicine, Surgery
Visiting Students
Accepts students from US LCME accredited schools.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Contact will provide details about approvals for this course.
Course Description The purpose of this elective is to instruct the student in the management of emergency situations. The student will participate in the daily activities of the Emergency Department. Reading assignments will be required in the management of the cardiac arrest victim, the multiple trauma patient, and pediatric emergencies, as well as wound healing, suturing techniques, and emergency pharmacology and toxicology. Resuscitation and management of the injured patient will be reviewed in detail. 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 Prior to start date, email course contact for additional instructions/information. DCH Regional Medical Center: Report to Zone A Physicians Desk at start of shift (7:00 am).
NON TUSCALOOSA STUDENTS:
Please email course contact 3 weeks prior to rotation for credentialing.
Requirements See Course Description.
Evaluation Pass/Fail
Notes Will accept two students, however, students will be required to not to work the same shift.