The average service census is eight to ten patients. Most patients are admitted from the emergency room and are acutely ill. A broad spectrum of illness presents de novo off the street, challenging the house officers, who are always the first to evaluate patients. Common medical problems are encountered frequently, allowing the interns to become exceedingly adept at their management, but many of the patients referred to the faculty for tertiary care are hospitalized at Parkland. The Coronary Care Unit Service has three admitting teams, each consisting of one attending physician, one resident, one intern, and one or two fourth-year medical students.
Interns receive two to three days off duty each month.
Outstanding invasive and noninvasive support is available. The staffing of the Pulmonary Service is analogous to that of the Coronary Care Unit, with an average of four to five patient admissions per day. The attending physician is a full-time member of the Pulmonary Division. There are fourteen beds in the Medical Intensive Care Unit. Return to Top Emergency Room Service With one of the five busiest emergency rooms in the country, Parkland offers a tremendous opportunity for exposure to a vast array of medical illnesses of every degree of severity.