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Table 6 Procedures and Student level of Involvement

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

 

Involvement Level

 

Full

N(%)

Partial

N(%)

Observation

N(%)

Peripheral IV line

836 (69.8)

174 (14.5)

188 (15.7)

ECG application and interpretationa

304 (72.4)

74 (17.6)

42 (10.0)

Suturing

158 (54.1)

89 (30.5)

45 (15.4)

EFASTa

92 (68.1)

23 (17.0)

20 (14.8)

Splinting/Casting

59 (52.2)

46 (40.7)

8 (7.1)

ABG samplinga

50 (50.5)

28 (28.3)

21 (21.2)

Urinary/foley catheterization

45 (61.6)

18 (24.7)

10 (13.7)

Airway management

20 (38.5)

19 (36.5)

13 (25.0)

Reduction of dislocations

17 (37.0)

23 (50.0)

6 (13.0)

Abscess ID

28 (50.9)

24 (43.6)

3 (5.5)

Sedation and analgesiaa

15 (39.5)

16 (42.1)

7 (18.4)

NG tube placement

34 (60.7)

15 (26.8)

7 (12.5)

RUSHa

26 (54.2)

13 (27.1)

9 (18.8)

Lumbar puncturea

3 (37.5)

2 (25.0)

3 (37.5)

CPR/Arrythmia management

5 (45.4)

4 (36.4)

2 (18.2)

Other procedures

367 (61.0)

137 (22.8)

98 (16.3)

  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