At both institutions, emergency medicine residents and faculty perform all trauma airway management. Ride-out experiences on helicopters are also available, but not required. Residents are actively involved in the training of local paramedics and EMTs, and in disaster planning and drills. On both services, emergency medicine residents rotate senior call with internal medicine and pediatric residents, respectively. While on call, the emergency medicine residents are the most senior in-house physicians for these ICUs.
Extensive opportunities exist for leading resuscitations and performing critical care procedures.
The Medical Center's pediatric ICU is among the busiest in the nation. Possible electives include radiology, international emergency medicine, EMS, dental anesthesia, dermatology, or a variety of other areas. Off-site electives are also an option. Loma Linda University.