Neurocritical Care Acting Internship 5 Credits/Maximum of 5

Catalog description

The Neurocritical Care AI provides students advanced training in the diagnosis and management of critically ill patients with severe neurological disorders and following neurosurgical operative procedures, who are cared for in the specialized Neurocritical Care Unit. Students will learn management strategies for various neurological disorders such as ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, brain and spinal cord tumors, neurological infections, hydrocephalus and related CSF disorders, epilepsy, movement disorders and deep brain stimulation, and genetic, inflammatory, toxic/metabolic, nutritional, and degenerative neurological conditions. Students will also learn management strategies for neurological emergencies such as increased ICP, status epilepticus, shock, and respiratory failure. Students will gain technical experience performing bedside procedures such as intubation, line insertions, lumbar punctures, and intracranial pressure monitor and external ventricular drain insertions. Students will assume the comparable role of a PGY 1 resident, and will work collaboratively with the Neurocritical Care Unit interdisciplinary team and other healthcare professionals in the management of their patients, with discharge planners and others in preparation for transfer, and with patients and families. Students will attend required neurosurgery and neurology conferences.