TO: Medical Students enrolled in MED 709:
READING ASSIGNMENTS
Clinical Experiences In Emergency Medicine
FROM: Nicole DeIorio, MD
Director, Medical Student Education
SUBJECT: Textbooks
A copy of An Introduction to Clinical Emergency Medicine: Guide for Practitioners in the
Emergency Department, by Mahadevan & Garmel, will be checked out to you on orientation day.
PLEASE DO NOT WRITE IN THESE BOOKS!
During the next four weeks you are expected to read the following chapters:
Approach to the Emergency Patient: 1
Airway Management: 2
Cardiopulmonary and Cerebral Resuscitation: 3
Cardiac Dysrhythmias: 4
Shock: 5
Abdominal Pain: 9
Allergic Reactions and Anaphylactic Syndromes: 11
Altered Mental Status: 12
Chest Pain: 13
Extremety Trauma: 20
Fever in Children: 23
Shortness of Breath in Adults: 33
Shortness of Breath in Children: 34
Syncope: 35
Toxicologic Emergencies: 36
Wound Preparation: Appendix B
Laceration Repair: Appendix C
Written Exam: On the last Monday of your elective in Emergency Medicine, you will
be tested on the above chapters. The exam consists of 72 multiple choice questions.
Oral Exam: On the last Monday of your elective, you will have an oral exam.
You will be exptected to manage 2 cased based on the Monday lecture topics.
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