© 2014 Nile Chang
2018 David Burkholder
2018 David Burkholder
This year is dedicated to the “complete” practice of emergency medicine. During each EM block, you work shifts at DRH, CHM, Harper University Hospital, and Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital, covering the entire spectrum of emergency care. At each site, you will be exposed to a unique clinical experience, the sum of which will prepare you for virtually any academic or clinical practice for your emergency medicine career.
At CHM, you will work under the guidance and supervision of board-certified pediatric emergency medicine physicians and fellows-in-training.
At the busy Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital, you will see both adult and pediatric patients in a community ED setting. This experience will develop your communication skills when discussing cases with primary care physicians and consultants and you will gain perspective into determining when patients need to be transferred to a higher level of care.
In the ED at Harper University Hospital, you will gain valuable experience treating challenging adult medical patients with multiple complex co-morbid conditions.
As part of the Toxicology portion of the rotation, you will rotate at the Regional Poison Control Center operated by the Children’s Hospital of Michigan, which is the ninth largest poison center in the US serving 18 counties of southeastern Michigan. The PCC provides 24/7 service to the public and health care professionals with an annual call volume of approximately 70,000 calls. You will work along side Toxicologists and Toxicology Fellows answering emergent consults and reviewing cases from the area.
Pediatric Anesthesia
During the pediatric anesthesia block, you will spend two weeks with pediatric anesthesiologists learning pediatric airway management in a controlled environment. The skills learned during this block are invaluable and easily transferable to the rest of your career as an emergency physician. By the end of the block you will have significant exposure to a variety of pediatric airways and have the skills necessary to transfer to the ED environment when needed.