The class features tours of the emergency room, pediatric intensive care unit and morgue, where the kids are shown real brains, hearts, livers and lungs, all ravaged by alcohol-induced trauma or years of hard living. The kids also participate in role-playing exercises to discover what it's like to go through the trauma system. They are assigned alcohol-related injuries ranging from gunshot wounds to spinal fractures and are swaddled in the appropriate slings, braces, bandages and limb stabilizers. Designed to meet the medical needs of health-conscious individuals, MedSport offers a unique combination of programs in injury prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation as well as in cardiac disease prevention, intervention, rehabilitation and nutrition. In addition to orthopedic and cardiovascular services, MedSport also offers comprehensive fitness assessments, individually designed weight-loss plans and a smoking cessation course.
Tissue engineering uses the body's own healing powers to help cure disease and other conditions.
It also involves the artful use of artificial materials. It is among the most comprehensive transplant programs in the country and one of the oldest. The heart, liver and kidney transplant programs at the U-M are the largest in the state, while the lung transplant program is one of the largest in the nation. See also the United States Renal Data System based at the U-M Health System. The U-M Trauma Burn Center was one of the first such centers established in the nation and is viewed by many as among the best in the United States.