Anesthesia Critical Care

Catalog description

The student will be an active member of the Anesthesia Critical Care team. Students will be assigned patients for whom they will assume primary care responsibilities during their admission to the intensive care unit, with an emphasis placed upon managing acutely evolving processes, especially those related to the respiratory and hemodynamic derangements of the critically ill. Students will be involved in the pharmacological treatment of these patients as well. Opportunities to understand the indications for invasive procedures will be emphasized, and students will actively participate in the placement and monitoring of such devices under direct supervision of residents and attendings alike. Students will also be guided on the proper indications for airway intervention, as well as the eventual weaning from mechanical ventilation.