Emergency Medicine at HCMC
Student Lectures take place Tuesdays
from 7:30 a.m. until 9 a.m.
There are 4 set topics for the Tuesday
lecture series and these are given by the Pit bosses:
- Splinting workshop
- Trauma care
- Approach to the poisoned
patient
- Evaluation of abdominal
pain
Other common topics include:
- Chest pain
- International Emergency
Medicine
- Pain management
- Cervical spine trauma
- Diving emergencies and
hyperbaric medicine
- Domestic Violence
Attendance at these lectures is mandatory. Students are also expected
to attend Thursday morning conference from 7:30 a.m. until noon. (Breakfast
and Lunch are provided.)
One Wednesday during the rotation you will be scheduled to participate
in an animal Procedure Lab.
This lab involves suture skills practice as well as the opportunity to
observe and perform a variety of invasive
airway and resuscitation skills on a live sheep model. Participation
is optional. Be sure to inform the student coordinator if you are
not interested in participating.
For more information contact Richard
O. Gray MD.
Emergency
Medicine main page
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Manual last modified: Wednesday May 07, 2003.
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