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06-451 OUT OF HOSPITAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Department EMERGENCY MED Campus Birmingham
Course Type(s) Co-enrolled Elective Facility
Course Director WILLIAM C. FERGUSON, MD Enrollment Limit 40
Contact AUBREY LUALLEN Enrollment Minimum 5
Email aluallen@uabmc.edu Address GSB 207A
Phone (205) 975-8599 Fax
Weeks
Normally Offered
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Prerequisites * * * WRITTEN APPROVAL REQUIRED * * * Good academic standing, MS2/MS3 students, 06-450 Emergency Medical Technician Training /or instructor approval and Certification at least EMT level via National Registry of Emergency Medicine Technicians. 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites:
Visiting Students
No LCME students accepted.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description This course will build upon the foundations of the spring EMT class (open to students that already hold a certificate from National Registry at the EMT, Advanced EMT, or paramedic level). The participants of this course will have the opportunity to participate in clinical care in the greater Birmingham area at the EMT scope of practice level. The students will be able to follow their patients from the prehospital or home environment, through the emergency department, through to the inpatient, and potentially even rehabilitation phase of the treatment to allow a better understanding of the entire spectrum of healthcare, from out-of-hospital, to inpatient, and back to home care, or long-term care. The participants of this course will have the opportunity to be exposed to more advanced emergency procedures that the advanced EMT or paramedic may perform . The student will even participate in training both knowledge base and skills at the EMS physician level. This will include advanced patient assessment, basic wound care, advanced airway management, advanced pharmacology, use of Ultrasonography, 3 and 12 lead interpretation and management.
Where To Report Thursday nights- 5:30pm-9:30pm Birmingham Regional EMS Building 410 10TH AVE SOUTH, SUITE B, BIRMINGHAM, AL 35205
Requirements
Evaluation Pass/Fail. Students must successfully complete all skills evaluations to participate in field clinicals and pass the course. Because time and lab space is limited, students are expected to attend every scheduled lab and use the lab time effectively. Students must actively participate with in class discussions of their patient care experiences, along with discussions of patient follow up through the Emergency Department and any in-patient care.
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