AI: Cardiac Critical Care

School of Medicine

During the acting internship in Critical Care Cardiology, students will actively participate in the management of patients hospitalized in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit. Duties will include the management of patients with (1) cardiogenic shock and acute heart failure, (2) complicated myocardial infarction, (3) complex percutaneous coronary and valvular intervention, (4) pulmonary arterial catheters and continuous hemodynamic monitoring, (5) ventricular support devices, (6) mechanical ventilation, and (7) cardiac arrhythmias. The student will work closely with the on-call medical resident and CVICU fellow and be expected to write admission and daily progress notes and present patients followed on daily work rounds to the entire team. The rotation will provide a significant "hands-on opportunity" for medical students to participate in the management of critically ill patients. Students will be expected to assume the role of the intern, carrying multiple patients and accepting increased responsibility for their care in order to prepare them for residency. This will be a more robust experience than prior critical care rotations.