Grand Rounds Recap 02.17.21

Grand Rounds Recap 02.17.21

This week Dr. Koehler has great teaching points on epistaxis, PRES and more during M&M. Dr. McMullan recounts a harrowing tale of compassion in a case follow up. Dr. Wosiski-Kuhn gives a timely reminder on carbon monoxide and cyanide toxicities followed by Dr. Robleeā€™s acidotic arrest case and Dr. Lane wraps up with some business need-to-knows of EM.

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Grand Rounds Recap 02.10.2021

Grand Rounds Recap 02.10.2021

Dr. Duncan convinces us why we should always do a lung ultrasound. Dr. Iparraguirre shares how to break bad news to a patient. VP shunt complications and treatments with Dr. Kletsel. Visiting Professors Drs. Koyfman and Long discuss low prevalence, high morbidity diagnoses. Drs. Gressick and Meigh review treatment for myxedema coma. MIS-C vs. Kawasaki with Dr. Krack.

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Vent Management on the Run...

Vent Management on the Run...

This is a great paper recently presented at the Critical Care Transport Medicine Scientific Forum. It covers a subject area I have always been interested in. Over time, our understanding of critical care has evolved to show the importance of a low tidal volume strategy for ventilating patients, particularly those with lung injury/ARDS. However, even patients with normal lungs are potentially harmed by high tidal volume strategies.

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Air Care Series: Accidental Hypothermia

Air Care Series: Accidental Hypothermia

Stuck in the Polar Vortex? Consider this. Hypothermia often requires unique approaches to the traditional management of classic pathology in the critical care transport environment. Take a deep dive into the classifcation and management of patients suffering from accidental hypothermia - from rewarming to cardiac arrest management and ECMO.

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Grand Rounds Recap 02.03.2021

Grand Rounds Recap 02.03.2021

This week Dr. Freiermuth showed us how to create a research project. Drs. Tillotson and Makinen discussed the evidence on open fracture management. The R2 CPC between Drs. Ramsay and Nagle taught us an important lesson on HIV and ITP. Finally, Drs. Iparraguirre, Li, Makinen, and Mand created a simulation to teach management of a pediatric nicotinic poisoning.

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Grand Rounds Recap 01.27.2021

Grand Rounds Recap 01.27.2021

This week Dr. Hughes took us through the months Morbidity and Mortality cases. Dr. Shaw taught us what he has learned from the television show Scrubs. We learned about nausea and vomiting in pregnancy from Dr. Ferreri and ended the day with a minor care themed R3 small groups.

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Old News and New News for Cardiac Arrest

Old News and New News for Cardiac Arrest

Anyone whoā€™s faced a patient with refractory V fib or V Tac, knows the certain pang of hopelessness that strikes when round and round of epi, CPR, and shocks fails to deliver a return to organized rhythm. ECMO is an option. Baring the availability of perhaps one of the most resource-intensive procedures in medicine, what option does one have? If nothing is working what do you change? Beta blockers? Change up the shocks? Is that bicarb youā€™re giving doing any good? This post and the affiliated podcast will cover 3 articles looking at the evidence for these new and old treatments for cardiac arrest.

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Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy: Therapeutics

Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy: Therapeutics

Nausea and vomiting, one of the most common complaints in the pregnancy patient, is a common plight of Emergency Physicians. With a barrage of social media and publication bias, we often need rock solid evidence to make anti-emetic decisions that just doesnā€™t exist. Join Dr. Josh Ferreri as he summarizes the latest data on conquering the queasy.

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Grand Rounds Recap 01.20.2021

Grand Rounds Recap 01.20.2021

This weekā€™s edition of grand rounds featured some amazing lectures! We practiced pitching ideas in our leadership curriculum then the newest QI/KT pathway was revealed by Drs. Chuko and Goff. Dr Gawron taught us about medical causes of trauma and Dr. Kein gave us an amazing lecture on cyanotic congenital heart diseases. We finished off with Dr. Shewakramani giving an amazing wellness lecture about his BAYLEAF method for dealing with stress in the ED.

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Grand Rounds Recap 01.13.2021

Grand Rounds Recap 01.13.2021

This week had a wide variety of topics including: cardiac arrest, SALAD, crying infants, and history! The day started off with a journal club covering some new critical care articles on cardiac arrest lead by our R3s. Next, the one and only Dr. Carleton gave us some airway pearls. Dr. Hughes educated us on the importance of handoffs and ED crowding. We had visiting professor Dr. Schmitz give us an excellent lecture on the past and future of EM. Finally our PEM colleagues taught us about fussy afebrile infants

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Grand Rounds Recap 01.06.2021

Grand Rounds Recap 01.06.2021

The first grand rounds of 2021 offered many learning points to help us ring in the New Year! Dr. Neel from the Department of Neurology gave us some great tips on the neurologic exam and some quick hits on neuromuscular diseases. The residents then worked together to come up with some challenging diagnoses. The day was rounded off with oral boards preparation with cases of: pediatric appendicitis, stroke in a non-stroke center, and a PE with an underlying malignancy.

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Mastering Minor Care: Hydrofluoric Acid Exposure

Mastering Minor Care: Hydrofluoric Acid Exposure

Although hand injuries are often triaged to minor care/fast track, not all of these injuries are so minor in nature. Join Dr. Adam Gottula and Dr. Bennett Lane as they discuss one of the most fear hand injuries: Hydrofluoric Acid Exposure.

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