MPAS 590 Emergency Medicine

MPAS 590 Emergency Medicine introduces students to the principles and practice of acute care medicine. Instruction includes training and mandatory certification in (1) Basic Life Support and (2) Advanced Cardiac Life Support.  Student learning focuses on human anatomy and physiology, disease processes, initial assessment and patient stabilization, formation of an emergency medicine approach to patient management, and development of skills utilized in the emergency department setting. Development of patient care teams, stressing collaboration, is part of the course, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary training.

Credits

3

Offered

Spring II