Credits:
.5
Directors:
Mastenbrook
Grading:
Pass/Fail
Prerequisites:
Prior approval required
Offered:
During year 1 and 2 elective weeks
Description:
Alongside senior emergency medicine resident physicians, students will ride along on WMed's Medical Response Unit, a specially-outfitted EMS response vehicle equipped with emergency response capabilities, medical equipment and tools not available on standard ambulances. Students will respond to major high-acuity EMS calls such as multi-casualty incidents, cardiac arrests, multi-alarm fires and major traumas. Students will attend weekly emergency medicine grand rounds/simulation, and will work three 8-hour shifts for a total time expectation of approximately 25-30 hours per week.