The objectives and goals of this rotation are that the resident:

1. Understands the anatomy and physiology of the cutaneous, muscular, and bony components of the chest wall and their anatomic and physiologic relationships to adjacent structures.
2. Understands the anatomy of the vascular, neural, muscular, and bony components of the thoracic outlet; knows all operative approaches to the chest wall.
3. Knows the surgical anatomy, neural, vascular, and skeletal components of the chest wall, as well as the major musculocutaneous flaps.
4. Recognizes the normal and abnormal anatomy of the chest wall; reads and interprets tests to diagnose chest wall abnormalities.
5. Performs operations utilizing major chest wall flaps and the correct application of prosthetic materials.
6. Understands clinical presentation and radiologic findings of tracheobronchial injury; understands the principles of airway management.
7. Understands the bronchoscopic findings of tracheobronchial and pulmonary injury.
8. Understands the injuries associated with tracheobronchial and pulmonary injury.
9. Evaluates and manages patients with tracheobronchial trauma; manages the airway of patients with tracheobronchial injuries.
10. Repairs tracheobronchial and associated injuries.
11. Performs non-operative management of pulmonary contusion.
12. Performs emergency operations to repair peripheral pulmonary and hilar injuries.
13. Uses precautions to avoid air embolism in patients with penetrating and blunt injuries.
14. Understands the indications, techniques, and complications of rigid and fiberoptic bronchoscopy of the larynx and tracheobronchial tree.
15. Evaluates and manages patients requiring bronchoscopy; performs rigid and fiberoptic bronchoscopy using various anesthetic techniques.
16. Obtains diagnostic material using various biopsy techniques; uses laser techniques via bronchoscopy; uses stents via bronchoscopy.