Emergency General Surgery Service. 4 Credit Hours

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Senior students must function as "interns" on the Emergency General Surgery Service at University Hospital. They admit and discharge surgery patients with common urgent/emergent diagnoses. They perform history and physical examinations, and keep daily records on patients. They follow patients in the outpatient clinics, in the emergency department, in the intensive care units and on general wards. They participate in operations for their patients. They participate in pre-and post-operative care of the emergency general surgery patients. They present cases, attend all conferences, and take call as designated by the surgery service. This service line at University Hospital cares for patients with common surgical diagnoses such as appendicitis, cholecystitis, abscesses, necrotizing infections, bowel obstructions, perforated viscera, acute abdomens along with any other surgical consultations commonly cared for by surgeons.