Course Description
In this case-based lecture, I summarize assessment of the most common emergencies that walk into a primary care office and detail a step by step approach to management of these conditions prior to the arrival of emergency medical services. I also review the role of a primary care physician in emergency medicine and give an overview of how to quickly complete an emergency medicine assessment.
Learning Objectives
1. Understand the role of primary care providers in emergency medicine
2. Be able to efficiently work through an emergency medical assessment
3. Identify common emergencies that present to a primary care office
4. Efficiently and effectively manage an emergent condition while waiting for EMS to arrive
Example Curriculum
About the Instructor
Brandilyn Binstock is currently a second-year resident at Bastyr Center for Natural Health, and completed a one year INM-associated residency before starting the BCNH residency. During her undergraduate training she worked as an emergency medical technician for four years and also held a position in the cardiology unit monitoring and interpreting ECGs. She has a great interest and passion in working alongside medical students and feels strongly about teaching the merging of efficient diagnostics and conventional standard of care with integrative medicine philosophy and therapies.
