he emergency room at Portneuf Medical Center is a very busy, full-service level two trauma center, with two emergency room physicians covering the service at the busy period. Residents are placed in the emergency room from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. each afternoon. They see and triage a portion of the ER patients themselves under the supervision of the emergency room doctors. There is ample opportunity for suturing, reduction of dislocations and fractures, casts and splint placement, assisting with plastic procedures and additional management of acutely ill medical and surgical patients. One month is required in both the first and second year, with a slightly higher level of responsibility and slightly longer hours in the second year. Residents emerge from these rotations competent to staff small outlying emergency rooms in hospitals that serve small communities around Pocatello. These moonlighting experiences provide both excellent clinical challenges to second and third year residents with decent remuneration.
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