Care of the Injured Patient
SU 535M.3
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Description
Comprehensive care of the injured, from resuscitation through reintegration, is a process involving multiple specialties that occurs over substantial time. Virtually every medical practitioner is involved with some aspect of injury care. Burns are perhaps the best model of comprehensive injury care. Through clinical participation in a program with level one verification in adult and pediatric burns, the students will develop an understanding of multidisciplinary care of the injured patient.
During the 4 week session students will optimize their education on assignments for up to 2 weeks at Massachusetts General Hospital's adult Burn and Surgical departments, and 2 weeks at Shriners Hospitals for Children Pediatric ICU, ACU, OPD and Surgical departments.
Pre-hospital rotation with Boston EMS and Boston MedFlight is also available and recommended as part of the curriculum. Other short rotations are available as desired (eg. blood bank, emergency, radiology, etc.). Contact with the course director prior to start (rsheridan@partners.org) is encouraged to facilitate planning desired length and focus of rotations.
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