printer friendly pageSURG 211A: Emergency Medical Technician (EMT-1): Training and Application (SURG 111A)
(Graduate students register for 211A.) Basics of life support outside the hospital setting; readiness training for emergencies on- or off-campus. Topics include emergency patient assessments, and cardiac, respiratory, and neurological emergencies. Lectures, practicals, and applications. Upon completion of
SURG 111A,B,C or 211A,B,C, students are eligible to sit for the National Registry EMT licensure exam. Prerequisites: CPR certification; application (see
http://surg211.stanford.edu), and consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
SURG 211B: Emergency Medical Technician (EMT-1): Training and Application (SURG 111B)
(Graduate students register for 211B.) Continuation of 111A/211A. Approach to traumatic injuries. Topics include head, neck, and trunk injuries, bleeding and shock, burn emergencies, and environmental emergencies. Lectures, practicals, and applications. Upon completion of
SURG 111A,B,C or 211A,B,C, students are eligible to sit for the National Registry EMT licensure exam. Prerequisite: 111A/211A and consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
Instructors:
D'Souza, P. (PI)
;
Gilbert, G. (PI)
SURG 211C: Emergency Medical Technician (EMT-1): Training and Application (SURG 111C)
(Graduate students register for 211C.) Continuation of 111B/211B. Special topics in EMS; topics include pediatric, obstetric, and gynecologic emergencies, EMS operations, mass casualty incidents, and assault. Lectures, practicals, and applications. Upon completion of
SURG 111A,B,C or 211A,B,C, students are eligible to sit for the National Registry EMT certification exam. Prerequisite: 111B/211B, CPR-PR certification, and consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
D'Souza, P. (PI)
;
Gilbert, G. (PI)
SURG 212A: Advanced Reading and Teaching for the EMT-1 (SURG 112A)
Advanced Topics in EMS and training in teaching BLS skills (Graduate students register for 212A.) Topics include advanced airway and stroke management, abdominal emergencies, and prehospital pharmacology. Prerequisites: SURG 111/211 A-C (or equivalent EMT-Basic certification), CPR for the Professional Rescuer certification, and consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2-3
| Repeatable
for credit
SURG 212B: Advanced Reading and Teaching for the EMT-1 (SURG 112B)
Advanced Topics in EMS and training in teaching BLS skills. (Graduate students register for 212B.) Topics include advanced assessment and treatment of the undifferentiated trauma patient (including advanced airway management, monitoring, and evaluation) and prehospital care in nontraditional locations. Prerequisites: SURG 111/211 A-C (or equivalent EMT-Basic certification), CPR for the Professional Rescuer certification, and consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2-3
| Repeatable
for credit
SURG 212C: Advanced Reading and Teaching for the EMT-1 (SURG 112C)
Advanced Topics in EMS and training in teaching BLS skills. (Graduate students register for 212C.) Topics include advanced assessment and treatment of patients in difficult and advanced situations - mass casualty incidents, assaults, pediatrics; and advanced emergency skills - ultrasound, suturing. Prerequisites: SURG 111/211 A-C (or equivalent EMT-Basic certification), CPR for the Professional Rescuer certification, and consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-3
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
D'Souza, P. (PI)
;
Gilbert, G. (PI)
SURG 220: Emergency Medicine: Introduction
The specialty of emergency medicine and initial care of emergency patients, both in the pre-hospital phase and in the emergency department. Lectures and/or practical sessions cover: patient assessment; the initial management of the multiple trauma patient; and common medical emergencies, such as poisoning, asthma, and chest pain. Students taking the course for 1 unit must have 50% class attendance and pass the final exam; 2 units constitutes 70% class attendance and passing the final exam; 3 units includes participation in emergency department observation shifts; 4 units requires 90% attendance and includes both observation and EMS ride-alongs.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1-4
SURG 223: Wilderness Medicine
Open to all students. Wilderness-related illnesses and injuries; a framework for evaluation and treatment of emergencies in the backcountry. Hands-on clinical skills. Topics include high altitude medicine, hypothermia, envenomations, search and rescue, improvisation, and survival medicine. Includes opportunity for certification in Wilderness First Aid (WFA).
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Lipman, G. (PI)
;
Weiss, E. (PI)
SURG 228: Introduction to Vascular Disease and Treatment
Develops basic interventional skills using hands-on endovascular simulation in multiple vascular beds. Designed for students interested in careers in vascular surgery, interventional cardiology, interventional radiology, and vascular medicine. Topics: peripheral vascular disease, angiography, SFA interventions, aortoiliac disease; visceral vascular disease and renal interventions, cerebrovascular disease and carotid intervention lab; frontiers in vascular disease. Prerequisite: completion of first year of medical school.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Lee, J. (PI)
SURG 229: Advanced Vascular Disease and Treatment
Designed for students interested in careers in vascular surgery and vascular medicine. Expands upon the basic physiology, pathology, and skills learned in
SURG 228. Topics: renal disease, cerebrovascular disease and carotid interventions, AAA disease and intervention, DVT disease, the future of vascular surgery. Centered on simulation based learning, student presentations, and discussion. Prerequisite:
SURG 228
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Lee, J. (PI)
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