PA 421 - Emergency and Surgical Medicine

Institution:

Wagner College

Subject:

Description:

One unit. The purposes of this course are to provide students with instruction regarding recognition and management of the surgical patient, as well as instruction regarding rapid and effi cient management of the trauma or emergent patient. Review of surgical cases includes breakdown of disease states by presentation, history, and physical examination pearls, work-up, surgical intervention, and post-surgical management. Discussion of emergency medicine cases focuses on the consideration of patient status in an effort to effectively triage emergent patients. Students learn to design a personal method of rapid assessment and management for the critical patient in the emergency department setting. The course includes a radiology workshop to generate a basis for the recognition of and differentiation between the normal and abnormal radiographic fi ndings. Offered only to physician assistant majors during the fi rst professional year.

Credits:

1.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.wagner.edu

Phone Number:

(718) 390-3100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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