JACEP
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A self-instructional program in emergency medicine has been developed for freshmen medical students at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. The cognitive objective of the course is to give the student the minimum level of knowledge to diagnose emergency medical conditions. ⋯ Self-instructional guides, algorithms, videotapes and reading materials are the educational resources for the course. As a result of successful completion of the training program, the student is certified as an emergency medical technician in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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The four-year program for training physicians in critical care-emergency medicine at Sacramento Medical Center, University of California, Davis School of Medicine is described. Its purpose is to train the physician in resuscitation, emergency care for life-threatening conditions, and intensive care, so that the graduate can staff community hospital emergency departments and intensive care units, be director of an emergency department or intensive care unit, or pursue an academic career in emergency medicine.
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In 23 patients with laryngotracheal trauma at the Louisville General Hospital during a ten-year period, 19 survived. One death was directly atributable to the airway injury. The most common postinjury complication was hoarsensess attributable to direct injury to the cords or recurrent nerve paralysis. ⋯ Appropriate endoscopy and radiographic studies should confirm the diagnosis. Control of the airway is achieved by emergency tracheostomy or intubation followed by tracheostomy. Prompt operative intervention and primary repair follow.
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At Brooke Army Medical Center the Emergency Services Section has developed an algorith,-directed triage system to be used by "screeners" who may be basic medical corpsmen but sometimes have had no previous medical experience. After 25 hours of classroom and 120 hours of on-the-job training, the screeners use the algorithms to triage patients into one of three treatment areas in the emergency section or to clinics outside the emergency section during the day and evening. The screeners may consult with a triage physician if the algorithm-directed disposition appears inappropriate, Triage dispositions of 78,822 patient visits during the calendar year 1975 are presented.