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Table 4 Procedures logged by students and percentage

From: Do senior medical students meet recommended emergency medicine curricula requirements?

 

Number of Procedures Logged (%)

Peripheral IV line

1198 (36.9)

ECG application and interpretation

420 (12.9)

Suturing

292 (9.0)

EFASTa

135 (4.2)

Splinting/Casting

113 (3.5)

ABG samplinga

99 (3.1)

Urinary/foley catheterization

73 (2.2)

NG tube placement

56 (1.7)

Abscess ID

55 (1.7)

Airway management

52 (1.6)

RUSHa

48 (1.5)

Reduction of dislocations

46 (1.4)

Sedation and analgesiaa

38 (1.2)

CPR/Arrythmia management

11 (0.3)

Lumbar puncturea

8 (0.2)

Other procedures

602 (18.5)

  1. ABG arterial blood gas, ID incision and drainage, CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ECG electrocardiogram, EFAST Extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma, IV intravenous, NG nasogastric, RUSH rapid ultrasound for shock and hypotension
  2. The procedure list was adopted from CDEM curriculum. aThese procedures were added by local EM core faculty group. The category of other procedures includes procedures not included in the list