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2017-2018 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PA 511 - Emergency Medicine II

(4 credits)
Under the supervision of the site preceptor, the student will examine and treat a wide variety of urgent and emergent conditions. The student must be proficient in taking an accurate history, performing a methodical, rapid and accurate directed physical exam, ordering appropriate diagnostic tests, and developing a treatment plan. Clinical procedures performed during the rotation may include debridement and suturing of wounds, splinting, nasogastric tube insertion, endotracheal intubation, and Advanced Cardiac Life Support. This course is an elective.