EMERGENCY MEDICINE&SURGERY

Course Code:
PA 575
Active Term:
Spring
/ All
Course Description:

This course will focus on the management of emergency medical and surgical presentations, with an emphasis on working collaboratively in interprofessional patient centered teams while providing care across the lifespan to varying patient populations. Students will learn triage, stabilization, diagnostic and therapeutic management plans, referrals and the appropriate specialty consultations. The fundamentals of surgical practices will be presented to include pre, intra and postoperative patient care. Students will also have instruction in basic life support and advanced cardiac life support.

Credit:
4
Instruction methods:
Lecture