Medical Emergencies and Trauma

Catalog description

A didactic year course that is designed to help the student develop an integrated approach to surgical trauma and emergency care. Students will explore common patient symptoms and physical examination findings within a continuum of early to late disease; appropriate diagnostics and treatment; principles of resuscitation for both the medical and trauma patients; interdisciplinary practices and logistics in variable healthcare systems, including urban and rural challenges in health. Prerequisites: Acceptance to the Physician Associate Program. Co-requisites: PAS 641 , PAS 643 , PAS 644 , PAS 645 , PAS 651 , PAS 681 .