Southwest Campus

Emergency Medicine

St. Alexius Medical Center

FMED 9117

Participating Faculty:
Charles O. Allen, D.O.
Robert Bathhurst, M.D.
David Gayton, M.D.
Gordon D. Leingang, D.O.
Thomas R. Magill, M.D.
Kevin S. Mickelson, M.D.
Ben Roller, M.D.

Offered: All periods
Positions: one

Objectives of the Elective:

  1. Introduction of student to activities of the emergency room.
  2. Introduction and practice of ACLS; review of ACLS manual.
  3. Introduction and practice of ATLS; review of ATLS manual.
  4. Increase procedures, skills; i.e., suturing, spinal taps, NG tubes, IVs, nasotracheal intubations, arterial puncture, regional anesthesia and other procedures.
  5. The student will increase his ability to examine a patient and form a differential diagnosis.
  6. EKG reading, x-ray reading, interpretation of lab and arterial blood gases.
  7. To supply the student with information about emergency medicine as a specialty (i.e., scope of practice, residency program and their evaluation).
  8. To assist the student in residency selection and evaluation if pertinent.

Instructional Activities:

  1. ACLS manual.
  2. ATLS manual.
  3. Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide.
  4. Case discussions and a presentation.

Standards of Performance (Outcomes) Indicating Attainment of Objectives:

  1. Weekly discussions of selected Rosen chapters.
  2. Phone call follow-up on patients seen by student.
  3. Successful performance of procedures.
  4. Case presentation.

Criteria for Grading:

A written evaluation will be presented to the student and to the assistant dean for the appropriate campus.