Facility Requirements

Facility Requirements 1. A designated medical director. The medical director must be board certified or board eligible in emergency medicine with optional co-medical director(s) in pediatric critical care medicine and/or adult critical care medicine. 2. Have adequate facilities to support the program. 3. Classroom and laboratory space adequate for the number of students enrolled. 4. A cadaver laboratory or high-fidelity simulation laboratory (may be on-site or offered through a hospital or other educational institution with which there is a formal agreement.) If a simulation laboratory is utilized, manikins must be capable of simulating a variety of critical care scenarios including, but not limited to, unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction, cardiogenic shock, dysrhythmias, aortic dissection, stroke, electrolyte disturbances, pediatric specific emergencies, and traumatic injuries for all age groups. 5. Have in effect formal agreement(s) with medical center(s) offering the following services: a. Current trauma center capability or designation of Level I or Level II; b. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Center (with a 24- hour interventional cardiac catheterization laboratory); c. A 24-hour emergency department staffed by full time board certified or board eligible emergency medicine physicians; and d. Critical care units offering: i. Insertion and maintenance of intra-aortic balloon pump and/or ventricular assist devices; ii. Pulmonology; iii. Neurology; iv. Pediatric care