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UNM Department of Emergency Medicine Medical Students
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Disaster Medicine Student
Elective
October 13 thru November 9, 2008
(Applications for the 2008 course will be
accepted beginning the last week in April)
The University of New Mexico is
pleased to offer an advanced sub-internship in Emergency Medicine, emphasizing
principles of disaster medicine and practicing medicine under austere conditions
(wilderness/international/prehospital). Students will have the opportunity to
participate in ambulance calls, fixed wing flights, tactical medicine with the
Albuquerque SWAT and Bomb Squad, and a drill with NMTF-1Urban Search and Rescue
canine search team. Students will be trained in medical control, mass triage,
patient decontamination, and will receive certification in ACLS (for experienced
providers) and ADLS. They will be given the opportunity to complete training
requirements for national DMAT and US&R teams. The sub-internship will also
include shifts in the Emergency Department of the University of New Mexico, the
only Level 1 trauma center in the state.
The Disaster Medicine Elective is made up of
four major components:
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Upon completion of the Disaster Medicine Rotation,
please submit the online:
Disaster Medicine Rotation Evaluation.
Lecture Series Includes:
- Disaster
Medicine Building Blocks
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Introduction to Confined Space Medicine
- Confined
Space Medical Problems
- Blast
Injuries
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Radiation Injuries
- Crush
Syndrome
- Disaster
Medicine Myths and Practice
- Disaster
Medicine Research
- ABCs of
Emergency Response
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Physicians Without Borders: Medical Missions Abroad
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International and Travel Medicine
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Improvisational Medicine
- Use of
Ultrasound Under Austere Conditions
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 New
Mexico Task Force 1:
one of 28 national Urban Search and Rescue teams, NMTF-1 responded to both
the Pentagon and the World Trade Center events in 2001. They
were deployed to both Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. UNM
provides the medical direction for the team. Students can complete the
FEMA requirements for USAR membership, participate in the team management
meeting and the team’s monthly drill, which may include confined space
rescue, canine search, and technical search and rescue.
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 New
Mexico Disaster Medical Assistant Team:
this was the first DMAT team created in the
United States.
 UNM
provides medical direction for NM DMAT and the team has had multiple
deployments, the most recent was in 2004 to Florida in response to the
hurricane disasters.
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Albuquerque Police Department Bomb Squad and
Tactical EMS teams:
UNM provides the medical direction for both teams. Key issues in
tactical medicine will be covered in lectures. A drill and tactical scenario
will be coordinated by the Medical Director. Particularly interested
students may be on call and observe these teams, but this will be an
exception rather than a regular activity.
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 Albuquerque
Mountain Rescue Council:
a volunteer organization which provides technical rescue capabilities to the
wilderness areas surrounding the Albuquerque metropolitan area.
 Drills
and wilderness medicine training sessions are conducted monthly, and Dr.
Darryl Macias (UNM) provides medical direction.
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Life Guard Fixed Wing Flight Program:
the only fixed wing program to serve Northern New Mexico, Life Guard flies
approximately 80 flights per month. UNM provides medical direction for
the Life Guard flight program. Students will be able to observe but
not actively provide patient care. The fixed wing program responds to
healthcare facilities throughout New Mexico, as well as Arizona, Texas,
Southern Colorado and Utah. It also can participate in scene
responses.
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Certifications
ACLS for Experienced
Providers
ADLS (Advanced Disaster Life Support)
ICS 100, 200, 700, (800 optional)
NFPA 1670: Water Rescue, Confined Space, Rope, Trench, Structural Collapse
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Reading List
Textbook: Disaster Medicine,
David E. Hogan and Jonathan L. Burstein (provided).
Primary Articles covering major
topics in Disaster/Wilderness and International medicine.
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