1. IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE?
Chris Miller, MICP
Kendrick Davis, PhD
Paul Lyons, MD
Maegen Dupper, MD
Michael Nduati, MD, MBA, MPH
Andrew Alexander, MD

2. Goals
Instruct medical students in basic life saving skills beyond CPR.
Introduce CERT (Civilian Emergency Response Team) precepts.
Reinforce critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills in an out-of-hospital environment.
Create better community healthcare partners.
Reduce the participant’s stress in an emergency situation.

3. Background
1 passenger in 11,000 suffers an in-flight medical emergency.1
The percentage of out-of-hospital births increased from 1.26% of U.S. births in 2011 to 1.36% in 2012, continuing an increase that began in
208 pedestrians a day are struck by an automobile, one every 7 minutes.3
1Is There a Doctor on the Aircraft:
2CDC NCHS Data Brief No. 144
3National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts, 2012

4. Participants

5. Doctor in the House Topics
He’s Been Cut Real Bad
“Help, I Think I’m Having My Baby NOW!”
Splinting Suspected & Known Fractures
“Is There a Doctor Onboard”, Inflight Medical Emergencies
CPR & AED Review
Patient Emergency Medications – EpiPens, Inhalers, NTG, Glucose Paste
“Hurry, He’s Been Hit By a Car!” BLS Trauma Assessment

6. Doctor in the House Lesson Plan

7. Lesson Presentation MEDIA ACTIVITY ACIVITY REVIEW
TABLE DISCUSSION/PRACTICE
SCENARIO PRACTICE
EVALUATION

8. Community Partnerships
American Medical Response
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Gaumard Scientific
National College of Technical Instruction
Riverside City Fire Department
Riverside Community College Paramedic Academy
Riverside County Fire Department

9. Evaluative Measures
An evaluative-assessment was generated and administered following each training workshop
Evaluative-assessment measurement components:
3 Self-report items – gauging student’s resulting confidence in their competence (or self-efficacy)
2 Assessment items - assessing student’s ability to demonstrate competence on newly acquired skills

10. Sample Student Feedback:
“This is great practical real world instruction. I hope I never need it.”
“I was standing on a street corner and saw a woman in the crosswalk get struck by a car. I felt so helpless and useless. Now, I have the basic skills to handle the same event if it ever occurs to me again.”
“I certainly feel better prepared for a medical emergency if it happens in front of me. It’s crazy that this instruction isn’t mandatory in every medical school.”
“Since coming to California I’ve heard all this information about disasters and being prepared for them. Now, I know how the system works and how I would fit into it in the event of a real disaster.”

11. Future plans Integrating the workshops into the curriculum.
Staging a mock disaster every two years so students get the benefit of working inside the incident command system with actual fire responders.
Placing more media online for viewing before the actual course.
Offering the program to other UC Schools of Medicine.

12. References:
Is There a Doctor on the Aircraft:
CDC NCHS Data Brief No. 144.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts, 2012.
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