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2024-2025 Electives

93ZE740 — ELECTIVE IN EMS

Description:

This course is designed to provide the student with an immersive experience in prehospital medicine, including perspectives from the paramedics, administration, and physician medical directors. Students will participate in ride-alongs with ambulance crews, Indianapolis Fire Department Supervisors, Indianapolis Emergency Medical Service Supervisors, Directors, and Medical Directors. Students are expected to complete a moderate amount of course reading covering the fundamentals of prehospital systems and medical direction, as well as present a brief review of a specific disease topic. Goal: The student will gain an understanding of modern Emergency Systems including history, design, and evolution. Please note: The ability to ride in the back of an ambulance is a requirement for this rotation. Students who are unable to do so secondary to motion sickness, claustrophobia, etc., should not enroll in this rotation as they will not be able to complete the requirements. Students will NOT be allowed to ride “up front” in the cab, as it poses a safety issue with regard to navigation to calls for the crew.

Learning Objectives

• "1) Experience the day-to-day operations of rural, fire-based, and urban EMS systems through direct observation (SBP1)
• 2) Explore current research in the field of EMS and will critically appraise a topic in the current EMS literature (PBLI1)
• 3) Explain the roles that EMS Medical Directors play in the overall operation of their respective ambulance systems (SBP1)
• "

Assessment

Clinical Performance Evaluation Form; (observation; oral presentation)

Activities

Enrollment Information

Prerequisites: 4th year status; May require COVID-19 vaccination and fit-tested respirator. **A letter of intent should be addressed to Dr. Mark Liao and emailed to Jim Graber-Slater (jamgrabe@iu.edu). The letter should be one to two paragraphs, single spaced 12-point.

Availability with Max Students per Rotation:

Duty Hours: 40

Time Distribution: 85% Clinical, 10% Research, 5% Presentations

Elective Type Category: CP - Clinical Practice

Notes and Enrollment Information:

THIS ELECTIVE PARTICIPATES IN OPEN ENROLLMENT Please contact Jim Graber for any questions concerning this elective, jamgrabe@iu.edu, (317) 880-3863. **A letter of intent should be addressed to Dr. Mark Liao and emailed to Jim Graber-Slater (jamgrabe@iu.edu). The letter should be one to two paragraphs, single spaced 12-point font. The letter should address the student’s interest/background in emergency medicine and any particular attraction toward IU School of Medicine.** Please note: The ability to ride in the back of an ambulance is a requirement for this rotation. Students who are unable to do so secondary to motion sickness, claustrophobia, etc., should not enroll in this rotation as they will not be able to complete the requirements. Students will NOT be allowed to ride “up front” in the cab, as it poses a safety issue with regard to navigation to calls for the crew. May require COVID-19 vaccination and fit-tested respirator.

Third Year Elective? No

Interprofessional Skills and Service Learning

Interprofessional Collaborative Skills: Yes

Skills Description: Yes, they work daily with Paramedics and EMTs working with Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services.

Service Learning Included: None