Grand Rounds Recap 6.19.2024
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Join Dr. Stark for M&M tips from the last session of the academic year. Also we have electrical storm management, ethical considerations of patient care, neck injury management.
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Therapeutics: Pacing Through Skin and Vein
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Not every bradycardic patient needs a transvenous pacer… but some do! Join Dr. Sookdeo as she parses through when and how to transcutaneously and transvenously pace your bradycardic patients.
Read MoreAnnals of B Pod: Quick Hits Corner
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Palliative care? Methemoglobinemia? False positive pregnancy tests? Dr. Lauren Gillespie takes us through a multifaceted journey, ranging from the end-of-life ethics in the setting of organ transplantation to discussing cool facts our residents have looked up on shift!
Read MoreSterile or Clean Gloves for Laceration Repair?
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Can clean gloves (those in the box in the room) be used safely during the repair of traumatic lacerations in the ED? Should we break open the package of sterile gloves each time? This Journal Club recap covers a recent paper examining the use of clean vs sterile gloves for wound repair in the ED.
Read MoreAnnals of B Pod: Uterine Incarceration
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Join Dr. Ann Wolski as she takes us through a fascinating case of uterine incarceration causing acute urinary retention.
Read MoreGrand Rounds Recap 05.29.24
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Another week, another great Grand Rounds line-up at UCEM. We start off with our monthly Mortality and Morbidity Conference led by Chief Resident Dr. Finney. This session covers cases from the month of April- including the treatment of a canine in the SRU. One of our SRU leaders, Dr. Chhabria, shares the changing landscape of cardiac arrest management using ECMO. Next up, Dr. Thompson helps us reflect on the self-talk that we engage in on a daily basis and offers advice on how to improve our mindset- especially when we are on-shift. We learn from Dr. Kotei how to better ED proceduralists when encountering patients with ascites and/or pleural effusions. We end with Dr. Hajdu challenging Dr. Baez to solve a puzzling case of progressive vision loss in a otherwise healthy young patient.
Read MoreDiagnostics and Therapeutics: Hypothermia
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Dr. Boyer walks us through nuances and management of the highly morbid condition of severe hypothermia.
Read MoreGrand Rounds Recap 5.22.24
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We started off this Wednesday with guest lecturer Dr. Susan Wilcox who joined us for Air Care ground rounds. This was followed by the top 10 Air Cases of the academic year presented by Drs. Tillotson and Hinckley. This was followed by Dr. Kletsel’s thoughtful R4 capstone, and we wrapped up with R3 small groups with Drs. Glenn, Haffner, and Jackson who covered topics from in flight emergencies, venomous snakes, and environmental emergencies.
Read MoreDiagnostics and Therapeutics: Thoracentesis in the Emergency Department
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In this post we examine one of the etiologies behind a frequent ER chief complaint (shortness of breath). Specifically, we take a look at pleural effusions and how to manage them in the emergency department with thoracentesis procedure.
Read MoreDiagnostics and Therapeutics: Paracentesis in the Emergency Department
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In this post we examine one of the etiologies behind a frequent ER chief complaint (abdominal pain). Specifically, we take a look at abdominal pain and distention due to ascites, and how to manage ascites in the emergency department with paracentesis procedure.
Read MoreAnnals of B Pod: Stump Appendicitis
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That pesky little RLQ pain is back, but you thought you put a stop to this nonsense! Join Dr. de Castro as he takes us through a case of stump appendicitis and increases awareness of this rare post-appendectomy complication.
Read MoreGrand Rounds 5.8.24
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Recap another week of Grands Rounds with us! Dr. Gabor helps us confidently navigate the medical emergencies in patients with a transplanted organ. Next up, Dr. Kein talks about the difficulty of navigating grief while completing residency training. Dr. Hill introduces use to research topics in the field of medical education. Our faculty who trained at other institutions, Drs. Adan and Lang, highlight different regional practice pattern variations and the evidence behind them. Meanwhile, Dr. Roche helps us learn how to better care for our female patients in the community. Lastly, we wrapped up with a joint lecture with the Cincinnati Children’s PEM program to learn out handling pediatric foreign bodies in the ED.
Read MoreGrand Rounds Recap 5.1.24
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Join us as we recap another excellent week of Grand Rounds. We start with the final installment of our leadership curriculum, where Drs. Hill and LaFollette guide us through the dreaded task of self-promotion. We join Dr. Stark on a moment of self-reflection and growth following a particularly difficult patient case. We are transported into the SRU as Dr. Wright presents the evidence for how we should approach traumatic cardiac arrests in the resus bay. Dr. Adan shares his airway expertise and provides helpful tips/tricks for overcoming the feared anterior airway. Lastly, our colleagues from pharmacy drop by to discuss some relevant updates- including reasons why you should think twice before ordering a urine culture in the ED.
Read MoreGrand Rounds Recap 4.24.24
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We started off this Wednesday with the crowd favorite M&M by Dr. Kletsel covering fantastic learning cases. This was followed by an expert discussion of neuromuscular weakness by Dr. Onuzuruike, and a quick hit EKG lecture by Dr. Urbanowicz on EKG artifacts. We wrapped up this day of discussion with our social emergency medicine grand rounds and our quarterly Landmark Studies of EM focusing on critical care.
Read MoreGrand Rounds Recap 4.17.24
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Welcome to Disaster Day! UCEM learned about a broad range of topics today from active shooter incidents, climate change and how it affects our approach to disaster medicine, and mass casualty preparedness.
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