Welcome to your rotation in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UNC!  

The emergency department is a unique environment, rich in opportunities for you to learn essential clinical skills.  During your month, you'll learn to perform initial evaluation, stabilization, diagnostic and therapeutic plans for  ED patients with undifferentiated illnesses.  We encourage you to take advantage of this month, being proactive to learn procedures such as IV placement, cardiac monitoring, laceration repair, lumbar puncture, ekg, central line placement, and more.  Remember that intern year is just around the corner!  Now is your time to gain the hands on clinical experience you'll desperately need as an intern. Simulation sessions and your ED shifts will help build your confidence as well as competence in key clinical scenarios such as trauma, cardiac arrest, respiratory failure, evaluation of the patient with abdominal pain, headache, overdose, back pain, etc.  It's our goal that this is an enjoyable as well as a high yield rotation for all of you.  The emergency department is a dynamic, exciting place, and we encourage you to jump right in and learn as much as you can!   

We are so glad that you chose to work and learn in our emergency department, and are excited to get to know each of you.  Feel free to contact either of us with any questions or concerns you may have regarding the rotation or regarding emergency medicine in general.