Subject: Surgery
Course Number: 140.14
Course Title: Advanced Surgical Critical Care - Fresno
Units: 6
School: Medicine
Department: Surgery

Course Description: Provides exposure to critical surgical illness in a busy ICU setting. The student serves as an acting intern, and will involve themselves in the pre, intra, and post-operative management of patients on the service. Students will learn basic principles for managing critically ill surgical patients, including ventilator management, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, invasive bedside procedures, mechanical ventilation, nutritional therapy, renal replacement therapy and ethical issues.
Prerequisites: Surgery 110
Restrictions: 4th year standing.
Activities: Direct - Independent Study, Direct - Conference, Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact

Instructor of Record: J. Lilienstein
May the student choose the instructor for this course? No
Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? No

Quarter(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Course Grading Convention: P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Graduate Division course: No
Is this a web-based online course? No
Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? No
May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? No
Repeat course for credit? No