department of anesthesiology

Residency Program

Critical Care

The critical care rotation takes place in a surgical intensive care unit that admits primarily cardiothoracic patients, including patients who have undergone routine cardiac surgical procedures, heart or lung transplants, aortic dissection or aneurysm repair, and various thoracic procedures including lung-volume reduction.

The critical care service has primary care responsibility for patients on this service. Residents gain skill in the management of mechanical ventilation, non-invasive ventilatory support, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, the use of vasopressors, inotropes and mechanical support devices, renal replacement therapy, nutritional therapy, and the coordination of recommendations from various subspecialty consulting services.

The faculty for this rotation provide a multidisciplinary approach to critical care. The faculty include critical care anesthesiologists, pulmonologists, and surgeons. The residents on the rotation are both anesthesiology and surgery residents. All residents have the same experience and responsibility. Each week there are several multidisciplinary critical care educational conferences available to residents.

Contact Information:

Department of Anesthesiology

Temple University School of Medicine

3401 N. Broad Street

Philadelphia, PA  19140

T: 215-707-3326

F: 215-707-8028

anes@temple.edu

Medical Student and Resident Education

T: 215-707-3506

anesres@temple.edu