Two blocks in the first year.

This is one of the best and busiest rotations we have in the program. The consult fellow will carry the 1922 pager which is a well known pager in the hospital, as all stat consults will be directed there.
The consult fellow will be the first one to respond to STEMI calls, Cardiac Tamponade, and unstable arrhythmias; he also will be responsible for regular cardiology consults as they appear in the computer system. He will have three to five residents working with him, usually from the internal medicine department, but sometimes from anesthesia or Loyola University Family Practice Program. In addition to managing the consult service the fellow will be a teacher for both residents and medical students, as he is expected to give daily lectures.

As our hospital is a level one trauma center, the consult fellow will expect calls to perform stat echo in trauma resuscitation unit when a patient with blunt chest trauma, gunshot or stabbing chest wound arrives.