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Department of Family Medicine
WVU Family Medicine Resident Curriculum
Medicine Intensive Care Unit
| General: |
This is a busy intensive care unit in a tertiary care teaching hospital. An ICU team, consisting of faculty attendings, residents from different specialties, and medical students make up the service. Call is in-house with backup from the fellow and attending. Arterial lines, ventilation management, and many other procedures are part of this rotation. |
| Call: |
Call is between one-in-three and one-in-four nights, depending on the number of residents on the service |
| Patient Load: |
Patient numbers can vary between five to ten patients per resident. |
| Supervision: |
An internal medicine faculty attending, as well as a medicine fellow provide supervision for this busy service. |
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