PE-428 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Acting Internship

Director:  Robert Rothstein, MD

Location:   Baystate Medical Center, 759 Chestnut Street, Springfield, MA

Goals

This rotation exposes the student to inpatient activities in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Baystate Medical Center, a 55-bed unit with approximately 800 newborn infants admitted per year. The student will gain experience in managing a wide variety of clinical problems in a unit that provides intensive, intermediate, and continuing care.

Objectives

The student will...

• Accompany a senior pediatric resident in all resident activities including high-risk deliveries, neonatal consults, resuscitation and stabilization of the newborn infant, treating emergencies in the delivery room, and transporting infants to the NICU.
• Be assigned a limited number of patients to care for under the co-supervision of a senior pediatric resident, NNP or PA, and a neonatologist.
• Be able to identify and stabilize the high risk infant.
• Understand the pathophysiology of the disease process.
• Learn comprehensive evaluation of neonatal physical exam findings.
• Learn use of assisted ventilation
• Learn common procedures such as intubation, spinal taps, inserting umbilical arterial catheters, peripheral IV.
• Participate in Neonatal Simulation Lab
• Participate in Multidisciplinary Rounds
• Attend Neonatal Resident Lecture Series and Pediatric Grand Rounds

If you would like to apply for this elective, please refer to Application Process.