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Apr 19, 2024
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2017-2018 School of Medicine Bulletin (Archived) [Archived Catalog]
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PEDI G801 - Neonatal Intensive Care/ Acting Internship
Credits: 4
The content of this course is designed to present to the student the essential aspects of premature and sick newborn care. Students will get the opportunity to attend high risk deliveries. He/She will be assigned several new patients in the NICU and will be responsible for completing a history, physical, and maturity assessment on each. He/She will observe and participate in special treatment procedures performed on his/her patients, e.g., intravenous and intra-arterial catheter insertions, nasal continuous positive airway pressure, mechanical ventilation procedures, endotracheal intubations and resuscitation. In addition, the student may attend a weekly follow-up clinic for those infants discharged from the NICU. He/She will be responsible for talking with the infant’s parents with guidance from the attending. He/She will make work rounds with the house staff and teaching rounds with the attending physician daily and will participate in all regularly scheduled neonatal and perinatal conferences.
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