Grand Rounds Recap 8.17.22

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Grand Rounds Recap 8.17.22

This week was jam pack in Grand Rounds. We covered best practice tips for POCUS and Cardiac Arrest with Dr. Stolz. Dr. Pensak talked with us about the Emergency Department Implications of the Dobbs v Jackson. We buffed up our teaching skills with Dr. Santen and “Not another Boring Lecture”. Dr. Roche and Wilderness Medicine Faculty taught us how to improvise important medical equipment. To end the day, Dr. Kiser showed us how to better care for and treat the pain of patients with chronic medical conditions.

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Grand Rounds Recap 10.21.20

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Grand Rounds Recap 10.21.20

Dr. Freiermuth kicked off this week’s Grand Rounds with a recap of how to approach research in EM. Dr. Leech demonstrated the value to hemorrhage control and fistula complications. Drs. Harty and Comiskey faced off in a CPC case of DRESS syndrome and finally Drs. Gottula and Skrobut gave our quarterly Air Care Grand Rounds on HEMS stroke management.

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Grand Rounds Recap 09.16.20

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Grand Rounds Recap 09.16.20

Join us as we explore our EMS Grand Rounds with Dr. Gray, discussion of pain management in pediatrics with Dr. Bryant, and the evidence-based approach to pericarditis treatment with Drs. Stevens and Jensen. Drs. Chuko and LaFollette then go head-to-head in our beloved CPC, Dr. Martella takes us through the diagnosis and management of myasthenia gravis, and Dr. Berger outlines the importance of taking care of our critically ill patients with humanity and kindness in his R3 Taming the SRU lecture. Lastly, Dr. Gottula wraps up with a discussion on how to excel at the little things during his R4 Capstone.

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Ketamine Potpourri

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Ketamine Potpourri

In our most recent journal club, we took a look at 3 articles focused on the use of ketamine in the Emergency Department. When treating pain with ketamine, does a rapid administration of ketamine result in more dysphoria? When used for RSI, is ketamine more hemodynamically stable than etomidate? When using ketamine for procedural sedation in adult patients, does pre-treatment with versed or haldol decrease clinically significant emergence agitation?

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