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UNM Department of Emergency Medicine- Resident Program
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THE FACILITIES |
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 Trauma
care is provided through the collaboration of the trauma
team and the emergency physicians. The trauma team is notified immediately of
the arrival of any patient with unstable vital signs or penetrating trauma to
the central area of the body. The ED physicians are responsible for initial
resuscitation and airway management in all patients. Trauma patients are
assessed and treated in collaboration with EM and Trauma. Patients not meeting
criteria for immediate trauma consult are assessed by the ED. The trauma team is
then consulted if the work-up reveals a condition requiring hospital admission
or general anesthesia. 1,500 patients are seen in the trauma room yearly about
300 of which are pediatric.
The Pediatric ED is moving
to 24/7 coverage with the move into the new Pavilion. All urgent or critically
ill pediatric patients are seen in the Peds ED during those times, including
trauma. The medical director is part of the EM faculty and has a joint
appointment in the department of Pediatrics. The attending staff includes 5
Peds-EM fellowship trained physicians and others drawn from the EM faculty.
Residents from EM, pediatrics and family practice rotate through this facility.
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The Hospital:
University Hospital is the major teaching hospital. It is located on the
campus of and is administered by the University of New Mexico. Patient care
is performed by the housestaff under supervision by medical school faculty.  The
421 bed hospital is the major primary care resource for a large number of
Bernalillo County residents and is a referral center for the state and
surrounding areas. In addition to the level I trauma center, it houses a
regional burn center and the state’s most advanced neonatal and pediatric
intensive care units. Outpatient services and faculty offices are housed in
an Ambulatory Care Center completed in 1991.
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 Lifeguard
Air Emergency Services: Our fixed wing flight service
which is based at UNM flies emergency patients from throughout New Mexico,
southern Colorado and Arizona. Emergency medicine residents have the option of
flying as a member of the Lifeguard team
PHI
Air Medical Transport: Our helicopter service
includes three A-Star B3 rotorcraft located in Albuquerque, Grants and
Taos. Residents can function as assistant medical director for this
service as well as fly as an elective during the PGY III year. PHI does
a large number of scene flights around New Mexico which is a unique
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The New
Mexico Regional Federal Medical Center: The VA
hospital in Albuquerque is actually the New Mexico Regional Federal Medical
Center (NMRFMC) which cares for both VA patients, and Air Force personnel
working at the adjacent Kirtland Air Force Base, and their dependents. It is
a newly completed 404 bed hospital. The ED is administered through the UNM
department of Emergency Medicine. Its excellent emergency physicians
participate in the training of EM residents.
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THE FACULTY |
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The emergency medicine department's 25 full-time and 9 part-time faculty members
have made important and recognized contributions to research, education,
training, EMS and community prevention programs.
In addition to providing medical
care within the University Hospital emergency center, the Department of
Emergency Medicine is responsible for the medical direction of the Emergency
Medical Services Academy, New Mexico Poison Control Center, city and county
rescue units, Lifeguard Air Emergency Services, the Center for Disaster Medicine
and the Center for Injury Prevention Research and Education. In 1991, the
School of Medicine recognized the contribution of emergency medicine by granting
full departmental status. The faculty is integrally involved in emergency
medicine on the local, state and national levels.
Faculty research interests include:
Injury control and prevention, pediatric
emergency medicine, Emergency Medical Services, disaster medicine, infectious
disease, pain management, head injury and imaging modalities, including
applications, triage, allocation of health resources, adolescent substance
abuse, international emergency medicine, medical decision-making and ethics.
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