Grand Rounds
Our weekly case conference is the cornerstone of resident didactic education for the training program. The time is spent with both resident and attending-led didactic lectures, simulations, case presentations, and small group discussions. Here you will find the most recent #EMConf Recaps as well as other helpful resources.
The Levy Cup
The Levy Cup is a day of Grand Rounds competition consisting of procedural relays, simulation, visual diagnosis, oral boards, and more! Congrats to all the contestants and especially the winning team!
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Grand Rounds Recaps and Other GR Content on TamingtheSRU
Another week, another Grand Rounds! Dr. Boggust took us through the basic of management of patients with Multiple Sclerosis in the ED. Then, Dr. Grisoli presented her Capstone on the treatment and care of patients with disabilities. Finally, Dr. Minges and the rest of the ultrasound team discussed MSK ultrasounds, with hands on session for the most frequent upper and lower extremity scans!
Current screening tools for pediatric septic shock and sepsis are highly specific but lack sensitivity. This study substituted age adjusted vital sign measures and a pediatric shock index into currently existing pediatric sepsis scoring systems to create the qPS4.When utilizing a cut off of ≧ 2 points, the qPS4 was highly sensitive and specific, and identified pediatric septic shock far sooner into a patient's course.
Join us for another exciting week of Grand Rounds! This week, we had Research and Peer Review Basics with Dr. Freiermuth, Pediatric airway cases, hand injuries and how we can better ensure a safe discharge in trauma
Join us for another exciting week of Grand Rounds! This week, we had Morbidity and Mortality conference where we learned about posterior hip dislocations, hypertensive emergency, subacute combined degeneration secondary to nitrous oxide use, spinal epidural abscesses, small bowel obstructions, management of agitation in the Emergency Department, and status epilepticus. This was followed up by an R3 Taming the SRU lecture on high-grade heart block and transvenous pacemakers and a discussion on finding your niche in academic emergency medicine. We had an exciting R2 CPC case of acute salicylate toxicity, followed by intern core content with a discussion of penile disorders and urologic emergencies, and ended the day with Dr. Sobocinski's R4 capstone.
Welcome to another week of Grand Rounds! Join us for Sports Medicine Grand Rounds, where he discuss cases from the training room, followed by a discussion on rabies prophylaxis. Two of our wonderful R2s gave their QI/KT on acetaminophen overdose, then we had a review of landmark studies in Emergency Medicine. We had an R4 discharge/transfer/treat case discussion, and ended the day with a pediatrics lecture!