| Course Name: | Critical Care Medicine |
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| Course Number: | ME-409 |
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| Elective Type: | A |
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| Coordinator(s): | Yuka-Marie Vinagre, MD
yuka-marie.vinagre@stvincenthospital.com
Contact: Michele Mercier Michele.Mercier@stvincenthospital.com |
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| Department: | Medicine |
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| Sites Available: | St. Vincent Hospital at Worcester Medical Center |
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| Months Offered: | July - June |
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| Number of Students / Month: | 2 |
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| Prerequisites: | Completion of 3rd year |
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Elective Description: To learn the: 1) Pathophysiology of failing vital organ systems; 2) Modes of invasive and non-invasive monitoring techniques; 3) Management of acute life-threatening complications of disease; 4) Principles of mechanical ventilation; 5) Interpretation of derived hemodynamic data.
The student will have extensive exposure to diverse pathophysiology, extensive bedside and didactic teaching in the very busy critical care units of SVH (>2000 admissions /year). Although most of the elective is spent in the MICU, students who request to receive experience and exposure to the surgical /trauma population may spend some time in the SICU as well. |
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Location: St. Vincent Hospital at Worcester Medical Center, 123 Summer Street, Worcester, MA 01608 www.mapquest.com
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| Website: http://www.umassmed.edu/medicine/index.aspx |