Clinical Clerkship: Trauma Surgery I

Catalog description

These four-week clerkships provide students with broadbased exposure to the management of trauma patients. Students will gain increased understanding of the pathophysiology of acute injury, surgical stress, shock, infection, and complications common to patients sustaining acute injury or trauma. Preoperative evaluation and post- operative management is emphasized, as well as the utilization of the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) approach.