THE SHOCK COURSE

ANESTHES 920

Supervised by house staff, clinical anesthetists and attending physicians. Activities include: pre-operative chart review and anesthetic plan proposal, participating in scheduled procedures, presenting cases and teaching topics, and discussing patient cases. Evaluate and learn to co-manage the full spectrum of inpatient and ambulatory anesthesia patients. Care for patients undergoing sedation, monitored anesthesia care, general and regional anesthesia. Learn the indications for and data provided by various invasive and non-invasive monitoring techniques. Become familiar with relevant pharmacology including, anesthetic agents, muscle relaxants, resuscitation drugs and pain medications. Learn fundamental airway management skills including bag-mask ventilation, supraglottic airway placement, and endotracheal intubation skills. Intravenous access technique practice is taught, including a central line placement course.

ANESTHES 930

An expanded version of the American Heart Association's Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) course designed to provide the necessary knowledge and skills to manage the first minutes of a cardiorespiratory emergency using ACLS protocols. Opportunities to learn the proper management of the ten core cases (i.e. Asystole, Bradycardia, Tachycardia, etc.) in the three rescuer roles: lone rescuer; resuscitation team member; and resuscitation team leader. Learn essential resuscitation skills including: recognition of cardiac arrest rhythms and common bradycardias and tachycardias; proper use of conventional and automated external defibrillators (AED); use of transcutaneous pacing devices; advanced airway management; administration of drugs via intravenous and endotracheal routes; recognition of the 12-lead electrocardiogram signs of acute injury and ischemia; adult CPR.

ANESTHES 922

Participate in the care of critically ill patients assigned to the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit (CITCU) critical care team. Includes post-surgical patients who have undergone coronary artery bypass grafting, cardiac valvular procedures, ventricular assist device placements, cardiac transplantation and lung transplantation. May include patients with significant cardiothoracic surgical history (e.g. patients who have a ventricular assist device or who had prior lung transplantation) who are admitted for "medical" reasons including sepsis or shock of varying etiologies. As part of the CTICU team, participate in management of patients requiring venovenous and venoatrial extracorporeal membrane oxygenator (ECMO) support. The students are supervised by residents (house staff), fellows (largely in critical care anesthesiology, occasionally in pulmonology critical care) and attending physicians.

SURGSCI 743

Provides advanced, in-depth training in the areas of small, large and exotic animal anesthesia and pain management.

ANESTHES 919

In-depth exposure to inpatient and outpatient anesthesiology as well as sub-specialty anesthesiology, working under the direct supervision of Anesthesiology faculty, residents, fellows and advanced practice providers. Each student's schedule is individualized to meet each location's capacity and student preference.