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2024-2025 Electives
02ZE711 — EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA CENTER MEDICINE
02ZE711 — EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA CENTER MEDICINE
Description:
The student will work directly with a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician in the Emergency Department setting. Emphasis is on developing skills necessary for the rapid assessment and treatment of multiple patients having a variety of medical and surgical illnesses, both minor and life-threatening.
Elective Details:
Primary Contact for Add/Drops: Sharon Roberts (robeshar@iu.edu)
Director: Nicholas Gould, D.O.
Campus: Fort Wayne
Location: Professional Emergency Physicians (IUSM - Fort Wayne)
Other Faculty: Thomas Gutwein, M.D.
Open Enrollment or Permission Required?: Permission Required
Learning Objectives
- 1) Gather information pertinent to the emergent patient from all sources available (PC1)
- 2) Discuss the roles played by the various disciplines involved in the care of the emergent patient and how to best use those individuals to provide excellent patient care (SBP1)
- 3) Discuss the information resources available to aid in the care of the emergent patient (PBLI1)
- 4) Manage the patient’s airway be able to explain the various methods by which this can be accomplished (PC4)
- 5) Achieve vascular access and discuss the various methods by which this can be accomplished (PC4)
- 6) Perform the procedures commonly encountered in the care of the emergent patient (PC4)
- Medical Knowledge Objectives 7) Assess and triage emergency patients (PC2)
- 8) Recognize and stabilize emergency medical conditions (PC1)
- 9) Discuss initial stabilization efforts for cardiac arrest, and for critically unstable patients with cardiac, traumatic, respiratory, septic, neurologic or other medical and surgical conditions (PC2)
- 10) Discuss the unique environment of the Emergency Department, including both advantages and advanced capabilities for acute conditions as well as limitations and hindrances for management of chronic conditions (PC1)
- 11) Perform as a member of the Trauma Team and will participate in trauma cases (SBP1)
- 12) Effectively utilize diagnostic tests in the evaluation of the emergent patient (PC3)
- 13) State the laws and liability issues pertinent to emergency medicine (SBP3)
Assessment
Clinical Performance Evaluation Form (Clinical Observation)
Activities
Enrollment Information
Prerequisites: 3rd or 4th year status
Availability with Max Students per Rotation:
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Duty Hours: 40 -60
Time Distribution: 95% Clinical; 5% Didactic
Elective Type Category: CP - Clinical Practice
Notes and Enrollment Information:
THIS ELECTIVE DOES NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE INITIAL SENIOR MATCH All Fort Wayne electives must go thru the Fort Wayne campus coordinator Sharon Roberts (robeshar@iu.edu or 260-257-6833).
Third Year Elective? Yes
Interprofessional Skills and Service Learning
Interprofessional Collaborative Skills: None
Service Learning Included: None