Grand Rounds Recap 9.2.2020

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Grand Rounds Recap 9.2.2020

This week were treated to the story of stroke evaluation and treatment. An interesting case series was presented showing the importance of aortic stenosis. Dr. Gillespie dove into the literature on the treatment modalities for non-specific low back pain. Dr. Ijaz could not stump Dr. Roche with a case of chronic salicylate toxicity. The importance of what words we use, how we use them, and why we use them was presented by Dr. Hughes. Lastly our R3’s showed us all things ENT in small groups.

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Grand Rounds Recap 8.26.2020

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Grand Rounds Recap 8.26.2020

This week we have domgalysis with Dr. Hall, discussing rectal exams in trauma, skeletal traction and repeat head imaging in TBI. We also have a fantastic set of learning pearls from M&M cases with Dr. Li and a case of myesthenic crisis with Dr. Urbanowicz. Finally we have a literature review surrounding the impending Qi/KT algorithm on peritonitis with Drs. Ramsey and Mullen

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Grand Rounds Recap 08.12.20

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Grand Rounds Recap 08.12.20

This week’s Grand Rounds started off with Dr. Minges walking us through how to perform ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia. Drs. Curry and Ryan then presented the first Year Directives of the academic year discussing EMTALA criteria and how to negotiate a contract. Drs. Wosiski and Iparraguirre expertly discussed the literature behind angioedema management. Drs. Crawford and Doerning battled it out on a case involving hiccups (read to find out more about this fascinating case). And lastly, Dr. Stratton from our PEM division walked us through how to approach the pediatric patient and pearls on how to determine “sick” from “not sick".”

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Grand Rounds Recap 08.05.20

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Grand Rounds Recap 08.05.20

This week’s Grand Rounds started off with Dr. Paulsen walking us through how to create an enriching learning environment for our students and junior residents in the Emergency Department. Dr. Gleimer then presented an inspirational R4 Case Follow Up of a v.fib cardiac arrest that lived to tell the tale on his experience and second lease on life. Lastly, Drs. Gottula and Skrobut skillfully demonstrated best practice patterns for managing STEMI patients in helicopter EMS transport.

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Grand Rounds Recap 7.29.20

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Grand Rounds Recap 7.29.20

This week’s Grand Rounds was kicked off with Dr. Mand presenting our first Morbidity and Mortality Conference of the academic year. Dr. Carleton then masterfully provided tips on how to improve airway management. Drs. Yates and Modi led us through our first Clinical Treatment lecture series outlining the evidence-based medicine approach to managing elevated intraocular pressure. Drs. Meigh and Jarrell discussed a fascinating case of neurosyphilis for CPC, and finally, Dr. Jensen walked us through his tips and tricks for approaching individual finances.

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Grand Rounds Recap 07.22.20

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Grand Rounds Recap 07.22.20

This week’s Grand Rounds was full of teamwork, sports medicine, fast-paced lecturing, and just a little rivalry. Whether you’re a fan of the R2 CPC format or the R4 Case Follow-Up, this week’s summary is sure to be a crowd pleaser. Also including Dr. Benoit’s lit of practice changing EM articles of the last year - with links!

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Grand Rounds Recap 07.15.20

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Grand Rounds Recap 07.15.20

For this week’s Grand Rounds, Dr. Paulsen covered mentorship, an active process, as part of UCEM’s longitudinal leadership curriculum. Dr. Lang covered the history, educational theory, and future of simulation and gamification to help us spruce up our next lecture. To cap it off, Dr. Iparraguirre led an excellent simulation on refractory V-Fib requiring ECPR activation given UCMC’s newly released protocol.

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Grand Rounds Recap 07.01.20

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Grand Rounds Recap 07.01.20

The first Grand Rounds of the 2020-21 academic year was full of inspiration. Dr. Pancioli, Department Chair, walked us through the history of emergency medicine and gave us a glimpse into UCMC’s new ED plans. Dr. McDonough, Program Director, highlighted that professionalism is a series of actions that can be modified to improve our leadership presence. Dr. Knight, critical care trained faculty, reminded us that we are the masters of the undifferentiated patient, providing tips on how to approach the almighty question, “Sick or not sick?”

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Grand Rounds Recap 06.24.20

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Grand Rounds Recap 06.24.20

The final Grand Rounds of the 2019-20 academic year offered an incredible line up of lectures followed by an annual residency program evaluation and wrap-up by the outgoing chief residents, lovingly called “KJAM”.

Dr. Golden presented our monthly Morbidity and Mortality conference, full of cases to learn from and improve clinical care. Dr. Shaw presented his Taming the SRU lecture on a case of massive hemoptysis in an otherwise young and healthy patient. Dr. Murphy-Crews delivered a moving R4 Capstone lecture, demonstrating the low NNT for ED thoracotomies and highlighting that resilience is not the issue when it comes to burnout and physician suicide.

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Grand Rounds Recap 6.17.20

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Grand Rounds Recap 6.17.20

Dr. Gauger started us off with a truly inspiring R4 capstone reminding us all to respect our patients and treat them with compassion and empathy. Dr. Hall's taming the SRU led us through an interesting case of severe metabolic acidosis. Lastly, Drs. Leech and Roblee presented a truly stellar QIKT evidence based protocol on hepatic encephalopathy.

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Grand Rounds Recap 6.10.20

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Grand Rounds Recap 6.10.20

This week we reconvened with our pediatric colleagues for a case series of seizures and COVID autoimmune vasculitis. Drs Modi, Harty and Jarrell took us through global health case series and finally guest lecturer Dr. Kenji Inaba from LAC-USC gave us some take-home tips in hemorrhage management.

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Grand Rounds Recap 6.3.20

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Grand Rounds Recap 6.3.20

This week’s Grand Rounds was Disaster Day, always a theoretical exercise in how to muster resources and prepare for an outbreak. This year, while we are living it, it takes on even more meaning as we hear from Dr. Kralovic, an infectious disease expert in evaluating novel diseases, the ethics of standards of care and rationing care plan with Drs. Diller and Nomellini and event planning with Dr. Divine, sports medicine provider extraordinaire and medical coordinator of the Flying Pig Manage

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Grand Rounds Recap 05.27.20

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Grand Rounds Recap 05.27.20

This week Dr. Klaszky presented cases to help us improve our clinical care in the ED with our monthly Morbidity and Mortality conference. Drs. Hall, Modi, and Shaw taught us about marine, reptile, and arthropod envenomations with their R3 small group session. Finally, we were honored to (remotely) host the nationally renowned Dr. Megan Ranney, who gave us an eye-opening presentation on the overlap between gun violence, public health, and the role of emergency medicine.

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Grand Rounds Recap 05.20.20

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Grand Rounds Recap 05.20.20

This week we used two papers addressing implicit biases in healthcare as a platform to discuss systematic reviews and meta-analyses in Journal Club. Dr. Dave Thompson then led us through the latest installment of the quality improvement series with insights for how to lead QI initiatives. Dr. Crawford reviewed tick-borne illnesses in her R1 clinical knowledge presentation, and Dr. Modi discussed highlights of management and prognostication of refractory v-fib arrest. Finally, the Air Care team brought us up to speed on a wealth of topics in this edition of the Air Care Grand Rounds series.

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