Graduate courses in Surgery

(Same as SURG 102.) The value of international medical humanitarianism. Topics include: rehabilitation efforts of leprosy cases in South India, orthopedic work in Afghanistan, charity initiatives in Vietnam, mobile surgical missions in Ecuador, construction of specialized hospitals in Nepal and Nigeria, history and development of humanitarian foundations such as Interplast, and service-based community projects in Mexico.

3-4 units, Aut (Laub, D; Dunlap, J; Chase, R)

SURG 211A. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT-1): Training and Application

(Same as SURG 111A.) (Graduate students register for 211A.) Basics of life support outside the hospital setting; readiness training for emergencies on- or off-campus. Topics include emergency patient assessments, and cardiac, respiratory, and neurological emergencies. Lectures, practicals, and applications. Upon completion of SURG 111A,B,C or 211A,B,C, students are eligible to sit for the National Registry EMT licensure exam. Prerequisites: CPR certification; application (see http://surg211.stanford.edu), and consent of instructor.

3 units, Aut (Gilbert, G; D'Souza, P; Espinoza, N)

SURG 211B. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT-1): Training and Application

(Same as SURG 111B.) (Graduate students register for 211B.) Continuation of 111A/211A. Approach to traumatic injuries. Topics include head, neck, and trunk injuries, bleeding and shock, burn emergencies, and environmental emergencies. Lectures, practicals, and applications. Upon completion of SURG 111A,B,C or 211A,B,C, students are eligible to sit for the National Registry EMT licensure exam. Prerequisite: 111A/211A and consent of instructor.

3 units, Win (Gilbert, G; Espinoza, N; D'Souza, P)

SURG 211C. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT-1): Training and Application

(Same as SURG 111C.) (Graduate students register for 211C.) Continuation of 111B/211B. Special topics in EMS; topics include pediatric, obstetric, and gynecologic emergencies, EMS operations, mass casualty incidents, and assault. Lectures, practicals, and applications. Upon completion of SURG 111A,B,C or 211A,B,C, students are eligible to sit for the National Registry EMT certification exam. Prerequisite: 111B/211B, CPR-PR certification, and consent of instructor.

3 units, Spr (Gilbert, G; D'Souza, P; Espinoza, N)

SURG 212A. Advanced Reading and Teaching for the EMT-1

(Same as SURG 112A.) Advanced Topics in EMS and training in teaching BLS skills (Graduate students register for 212A.) Topics include advanced airway and stroke management, abdominal emergencies, and prehospital pharmacology. Prerequisites: SURG 111/211 A-C (or equivalent EMT-Basic certification), CPR for the Professional Rescuer certification, and consent of instructor.

2-3 units, Aut (Gilbert, G; D'Souza, P; Espinoza, N)

SURG 212B. Advanced Reading and Teaching for the EMT-1

(Same as SURG 112B.) Advanced Topics in EMS and training in teaching BLS skills. (Graduate students register for 212B.) Topics include advanced assessment and treatment of the undifferentiated trauma patient (including advanced airway management, monitoring, and evaluation) and prehospital care in nontraditional locations. Prerequisites: SURG 111/211 A-C (or equivalent EMT-Basic certification), CPR for the Professional Rescuer certification, and consent of instructor.

2-3 units, Win (Gilbert, G; D'Souza, P; Espinoza, N)

SURG 212C. Advanced Reading and Teaching for the EMT-1

(Same as SURG 112C.) Advanced Topics in EMS and training in teaching BLS skills. (Graduate students register for 212C.) Topics include advanced assessment and treatment of patients in difficult and advanced situations - mass casualty incidents, assaults, pediatrics; and advanced emergency skills - ultrasound, suturing. Prerequisites: SURG 111/211 A-C (or equivalent EMT-Basic certification), CPR for the Professional Rescuer certification, and consent of instructor.

2-3 units, Spr (Gilbert, G; D'Souza, P; Espinoza, N)

SURG 223. Wilderness Medicine

Wilderness-related illnesses and injuries; framework for dealing with emergencies in the backcountry. Hands-on workshops. Topics include high altitude medicine, diving medicine, hypothermia, snake and spider envenomations, search and rescue, and travel medicine. Open to all students.

2 units, Spr (Weiss, E)

SURG 230. Obesity in America

Prevalence and effects of the obesity epidemic in America and the growing prevalence of associated comorbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, sleep apnea, and joint problems. Risk factors, multi-disciplinary treatment options, the role of food in society, patients' perspectives, and current research in the field. Includes fieldtrips to grocery stores and restaurants.

1 unit, Win (Morton, J; Woodard, G)

SURG 267. International Health

Topics include: colonialism and development, reproductive health, women's health issues, environmental health, maternal child health, primary health care and its evolution, health policy, infectious disease, human rights and social justice. Guest speakers from UCSF and Berkeley School of Public Health.

1 unit, not given this year

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