Critical Care - Medicine

Catalog description

During the four-week, phase three critical care clerkship at NYU Langone HospitalÑLong Island, students develop the knowledge, skills, and experience needed to care for critically ill patients. Students have the option to rotate in a specialty intensive care unit (medical, neonatal, pediatric, surgical) aligned with their career choice. Medicine: Critical care clerkship responsibilities include daily teaching rounds and following, assessing, and treating critically ill patients and be an active member of the care team. The cornerstone of the medical critical care rotation is the care of critically ill adult patients. The rotation is designed to give the learners exposure to patients afflicted with respiratory failure, shock, sepsis, and other typical Intensive Care Unit problems.