EMED 101: Emergency Management Skills: Stanford Response Team Training
Addresses personal, community, and organizational response and resilience in emergencies. Learn disaster psychology and self care, personal risk assessment, situational awareness, and preparedness. Obtain the skills needed to deploy as a layperson member of a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). Learn and practice first aid, light rescue, medical field operations, and experience team building exercises tailored to disaster response. Analyze emergency management concepts and approaches to learn about Stanford's response to a range of scenarios/case studies within the framework of country, state, and federal public health responses. Leave the course prepared to assist in emergency situations meaningfully and confidently.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Dueker, K. (PI)
;
Friedman, L. (PI)
EMED 111A: EMED 111A: Emergency Medical Responder Training (EMED 211A)
The Stanford Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) Program (
EMED 111A) introduces those interested in EMS, and provides an overview of the knowledge and skills necessary to manage the scene of an emergency until more highly trained responders arrive. This theoretical and practical training is a prerequisite and will prepare you for the EMT Program in Winter and Spring quarters (
EMED 111B/C). It also allows students to sit for the NREMT exam for EMRs once the optional skills session has been successfully completed. The EMR Skills Session will be hosted over a weekend towards the end of the quarter. The exact date will be announced during Week 1 of the course. Instructor permission is required to repeat the course.Please note, ONLY graduate students may enroll for 3 or 4 units with instructor permission
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 3-5
EMED 111B: Emergency Medical Technician Training (EMED 211B)
First of two-quarter Stanford Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Program (
EMED 111B/C). Students are trained to provide basic life support and to transport sick and injured patients to the hospital. Topics include patient assessment and managing cardiac, respiratory, neurological, and other medical emergencies. Includes both lecture and practical sessions. After completing the EMED 111 sequence and meeting all class requirements, students can sit for the National Registry EMT cognitive exam and obtain state certification as an EMT. We encourage freshmen and sophomores to apply. Skills labs will be held every Thursday evening, with one entire weekend towards the end of the quarter. Tuesdays will have office hours as posted during the first weekA one-time course fee of $70 will be assessed to cover the required equipment and a uniform shirt. (Financial assistance may be available. Please get in touch with the instructor with any concerns.)Prerequisites:
EMED 111A and application (see
http://emt.stanford.edu), or consent of instructor. AHA or Red Cross healthcare provider CPR certification is also required but can be obtained during the quarter.Please note, ONLY graduate students may enroll for 3 or 4 units with instructor permission.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-5
EMED 112B: Advanced Training and Teaching for the EMT (EMED 212B)
Advanced topics and teaching in EMS, including assessment and treatment of the undifferentiated trauma patient (including airway management, monitoring, and evaluation) and prehospital care in nontraditional locations. Students taking this course also serve as teaching assistants for EMED 111/211, Stanford's EMT training course. nn**THIS IS NOT AN EMT REFRESHER COURSE, only
EMED 112A/212A is a California and NREMT approved EMT refresher course.**nnPrerequisites: Current EMT certification (state or NREMT), CPR for Healthcare Providers, and consent of instructor. See
http://emt.stanford.edu for more details.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2-3
| Repeatable
for credit
EMED 122: BioSecurity and Pandemic Resilience (BIOE 122, EMED 222, PUBLPOL 122, PUBLPOL 222)
Overview of the most pressing biosecurity issues facing the world today. Critical examination of ways of enhancing biosecurity and pandemic resilience. Examination of how the US and the world are able to withstand a pandemic or a bioterrorism attack, how the medical/healthcare field, government, and technology sectors are involved in biosecurity and pandemic or bioterrorism preparedness and response and how they interface; the rise of synthetic biology with its promises and threats; global bio-surveillance; effectiveness of various containment and mitigation measures; hospital surge capacity; medical challenges; development, production, and distribution of countermeasures such as vaccines and drugs; supply chain challenges; public health and policy aspects of pandemic preparedness and response; administrative and engineering controls to enhance pandemic resilience; testing approaches and challenges; promising technologies for pandemic response and resilience, communication in a crisis;
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Overview of the most pressing biosecurity issues facing the world today. Critical examination of ways of enhancing biosecurity and pandemic resilience. Examination of how the US and the world are able to withstand a pandemic or a bioterrorism attack, how the medical/healthcare field, government, and technology sectors are involved in biosecurity and pandemic or bioterrorism preparedness and response and how they interface; the rise of synthetic biology with its promises and threats; global bio-surveillance; effectiveness of various containment and mitigation measures; hospital surge capacity; medical challenges; development, production, and distribution of countermeasures such as vaccines and drugs; supply chain challenges; public health and policy aspects of pandemic preparedness and response; administrative and engineering controls to enhance pandemic resilience; testing approaches and challenges; promising technologies for pandemic response and resilience, communication in a crisis; and other relevant topics. Guest lecturers have included former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, former Special Assistant on BioSecurity to Presidents Clinton and Bush Jr. Dr. Ken Bernard, former Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. Robert Kadlec, eminent scientists, public health leaders, innovators and physicians in the field, and leaders of relevant technology companies. Open to medical, graduate, and undergraduate students. No prior background in biology necessary. Must be taken for at least 4 units to get WAYs credit. Students also have an option to take the class for 2 units as a speaker series/seminar where they attend half the class sessions (or more) and complete short weekly assignments. In-person or asynchronous online instruction are available. First day of class is the Wednesday of the first week of class.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI, GER: DB-NatSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-ER
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 15 units total)
Instructors:
Trounce, M. (PI)
EMED 126: Wilderness First Responder
A more advanced and intensive class building on wilderness first aid that teaches first responder skills using improvised resources in varying environmental conditions and extended-care situations. This is used as a framework for learning to respond to medical emergencies in remote wilderness settings. Examines necessary tools to make critical medical and evacuation decisions.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 3
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 6 units total)
Instructors:
Lowley, S. (PI)
;
Marvel, J. (SI)
EMED 127: Health Care Leadership (EMED 227, PUBLPOL 127, PUBLPOL 227)
Healthcare Leadership class brings eminent healthcare leaders from a variety of sectors within healthcare to share their personal reflections and insights on effective leadership. Speakers discuss their personal core values, share lessons learned and their recipe for effective leadership in the healthcare field, including reflection on career and life choices. Speakers include CEOs of healthcare technology, pharmaceutical and other companies, leaders in public health, eminent leaders of hospitals, academia, biotechnology companies and other health care organizations. The class will also familiarize the students with the healthcare industry, as well as introduce concepts and skills relevant to healthcare leadership. This course must be taken for a minimum of 3 units and a letter grade to be eligible for Ways credit. Students taking the course Mondays and Wednesdays should enroll for 4 units (exceptions for a 3 unit registration can be made with the consent of instructor to be still eligible for Ways credit). Students also have an option of taking the course as a speaker seminar series for 2 units where they attend at least half the class sessions of their choice and complete short weekly assignments. Synchronous online instruction is available.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI, WAY-EDP
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Trounce, M. (PI)
EMED 134: Climate Change, Toxins, and Health: From Education to Action (EMED 234)
Climate Change, Toxins, and Health: From Education to Action" is a dynamic weekly lunch seminar designed to educate medical and service profession trainees about the clinical impacts of climate change and the significance of environmental advocacy. The course features esteemed speakers, engaging discussions, and an optional 2-unit 'advocacy track' where students can participate in real-world activism projects. Open to students across all disciplines, including both graduate and undergraduate, this course empowers learners to understand and actively address the intersection of climate change, human health, and health equity.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 4 units total)
Instructors:
Marvel, J. (PI)
EMED 199: Undergraduate Research
Consists of Emergency Medicine focused studies and projects (including Research Projects) in progress. Possible topics include management of trauma patients, common medical and surgical emergencies in pediatric and adult populations, topics in disaster medicine, biosecurity and bioterrorism response, wilderness medicine, international medicine, and others. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-18
| Repeatable
for credit
EMED 201A: Re-Certification for Basic Cardiac Life Support for Healthcare Professionals
The purpose of this course is to provide medical students re-certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS). Initial certification (
EMED 201) occurs in the first year and expires 2 years from the initial course. This course will fulfill the requirements of the current BLS certification needed to complete the mandatory Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training prior to graduation. Student will refresh their skills in one and two rescuer CPR for infants and adults, management of an obstructed airway, and use of an automated external defibrillator. This course is offered every quarter on medical school RRAP days (the third Friday of every 2nd quarter) and requires a permission code to enroll to allow us to balance students across the four available sessions. Note that to be fully registered for the course you must complete a separate form sent out by the head TA in addition to registering in the quarter you take the course; you will not receive course dates and information without completing this form. If you have any questions, or if you are a non-medical student who wishes to take the course, please email the head TA, Haley Morin, at hdmorin@stanford.edu.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 2 units total)
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