For those who have rotated on the trauma service, it has been found to be extremely worthwhile for understanding the management of complex patients. The Surgical Critical Care Service is a combined service of Anesthesia and Surgery. State of the art monitoring and care are provided in the three surgical ICUs. At the present time, it is covered by three surgery attendings and one anesthesia attending. The service consists of a Surgical Critical Care fellow, two anesthesia residents, and two junior level surgery residents.
Rotations are available to senior medical students on an elective basis.
The Surgical Critical Care Service provides care for patients in the surgical ICUs including patients from all surgical subspecialties. In addition to providing care for critically ill patients in conjunction with the primary service, the Critical Care Service is an important part of the educational process for both Anesthesia and Surgery.