Schedule: You will work 15 shifts per month; half of the scheduled residents will work 16 in months with 31 days. Each resident will be required to work one Friday-Saturday night shift each month. Directions: Directions to the hospital are included in the Ochsner resident handbook. Conference: You are required to attend conference and journal club. Extras: All procedures must be recorded and turned in at the end of the month. Supervision: Dr. Guarisco and staff physicians provide Supervision. Evaluations: Compiled and pooled from evaluations by the staff physicians. LSU Emergency Medicine Residency Program Emergency Department Rotation GOALS and OBJECTIVES What follows are the goals and objectives for the Ochsner ED rotation, that will range from a 2 week to 1 month rotation, as assigned by the Program Director. The rotation will take place at the Ochsner ED. The year of training may include PGY 1-5. The educational goals and objectives for the Ochsner ED rotation are to provide residents with an opportunity to experience and learn about the initial evaluation and management of emergency patients in the community, health maintenance organization setting, including the following: Perform basic assessment of patients with a variety of moderate and major traumatic conditions. Formulate a differential diagnosis for patients with various kinds of traumatic conditions and mechanisms of injury. Order and interpret appropriate diagnostic laboratory and imaging studies for trauma patients. Competently perform minor procedures such as suturing of lacerations, incision and drainage of the abscesses, insertion of nasogastric tubes and urinary catheters, venipuncture, insertion of peripheral intravenous catheters, lumbar puncture, splinting of fractures and sprains, spinal immobilization. Demonstrate basic understanding of the principles of , PALS and ATLS resuscitation as
Schedule: You will work 15 shifts per month; half of the scheduled residents will work 16 in months with 31 days. Each resident will be required to work one Friday-Saturday night shift each month. Directions: Directions to the hospital are included in the Ochsner resident handbook. Conference: You are required to attend conference and journal club. Extras: All procedures must be recorded and turned in at the end of the month. Supervision: Dr. Guarisco and staff physicians provide Supervision. Evaluations: Compiled and pooled from evaluations by the staff physicians. LSU Emergency Medicine Residency Program Emergency Department Rotation GOALS and OBJECTIVES What follows are the goals and objectives for the Ochsner ED rotation, that will range from a 2 week to 1 month rotation, as assigned by the Program Director. The rotation will take place at the Ochsner ED. The year of training may include PGY 1-5. The educational goals and objectives for the Ochsner ED rotation are to provide residents with an opportunity to experience and learn about the initial evaluation and management of emergency patients in the community, health maintenance organization setting, including the following: Perform basic assessment of patients with a variety of moderate and major traumatic conditions. Formulate a differential diagnosis for patients with various kinds of traumatic conditions and mechanisms of injury. Order and interpret appropriate diagnostic laboratory and imaging studies for trauma patients. Competently perform minor procedures such as suturing of lacerations, incision and drainage of the abscesses, insertion of nasogastric tubes and urinary catheters, venipuncture, insertion of peripheral intravenous catheters, lumbar puncture, splinting of fractures and sprains, spinal immobilization. Demonstrate basic understanding of the principles of , PALS and ATLS resuscitation as
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