The goal of the Critical Care Medicine Fellowship program at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Health is to provide exposure to a wide array of complex disease processes in the critical care setting to ensure the advanced practice provider (APP) possesses the skills necessary to be successful in delivering excellent critical care. The fellowship will allow both nurse practitioners and physician assistants to develop the knowledge base to perform critical care procedures and lifesaving interventions in various high-acuity patient populations and situations.
The fellowship will serve as an immersion in specific critical care competencies to prepare the APP for the critical thinking above and beyond the level received in their formal education. Furthermore, it will serve to further the APP’s knowledge of evidence-based practice, basic research techniques, guideline development and quality improvement initiatives. Overall, it will prepare the APP to be a well-rounded provider, leader and resource within the critical care team.
Core ICU Rotations include:
- Medical ICU
- Neuro ICU
- Oncology ICU
- Cardiovascular Medicine ICU
- Cardiothoracic ICU
- Regional Hospital ICU (High Point Location)
All Fellows will participate in scheduled simulation labs, procedural training and a quality improvement project while maintaining having real-time exposure to patient care in various intensive care units.
Procedural Training
- Endotracheal intubation
- Central venous catheter insertion
- Arterial catheter insertion
- Tube thoracostomy
- Diagnostic and therapeutic fiberoptic bronchoscopy
- Pulmonary artery catheter insertion
- Thoracentesis
- Paracentesis
- Lumbar puncture
