This week Grand Rounds kicked off with a range of complicated cases including of choledocholithiasis, syphilis, and hyperthermic-associated toxidromes. Dr. Bryant than presented on burns in a low resource setting for our global health lecture. Drs. Goel and Thompson discussed the decision rules for head and C-spine imaging. And Drs. Gallen, Brower and Finney finished off our resident lectures for our core content.
Read MoreThis week’s Grand Rounds was full of excellent cases, Bayesian statistics, and uncovered cognitive biases.
From Morbidity & Mortality Conference by Dr. Hughes, to airway expertise by Dr. Carleton, to tips to decrease stress by Dr. Koehler, to learned lessons from near misses by attendings Dr. Continenza, R. Thompson, and Sabedra, this summary is one you’re going to want to pay attention to!
Read MoreThis week we disccused interventions for the crashing asthma patient with Dr. Mand, ESRD and dialysis related complications with Dr. Scanlon, shoulder and elbow xrays with Drs. Crawford and Scanlon, and a case of intussusception in an adult patient with Drs. Hunt and Bryant. Dr. Gauger provided his case follow up on PJP pneumonia complicated by methemoglobinemia, and Dr. Li took us through the ins-and-outs of gastric lavage in a simulated case of calcium channel blocker overdose.
Read MoreThis weeks grand rounds started off with our monthly Morbidity and Mortality with Dr. Lagasse. We then discuss in Aircare grand rounds led by Drs. Dang and Renne the always harrowing complex patient transfers including LVAD, EKOS and more.
Read MoreThis week Dr. Gorder led us off with August's M&M cases, followed by Dr. Betz giving us great in-depth example of a proper joint exam from the perspective of sports medicine. Dr. Makinen gave us a talk of accidental hypothermia, Dr. Ludmer examined the link between chronic pain and depression and how concurrent treatment can help our patients quality of life. Dr. Wright gave us an update on UCEM Global Health and Dr. Colmer gave us a look into the critical care management of a DKA case.
Read MoreThis week in Grand Rounds: We started with a grab bag of oral boards cases, Whitney Bryant lead us in a discussion of the broad scope of global health and why it should be important to emergency physicians, and Dr. Bernardoni lead us through a case of hyperkalemia and A fib with RVR.
Read MoreDr. Betham started off Grand Rounds with this month's Morbidity and Mortality Conference, where we learned about Gout, ITP, Stroke, and Hyperkalemia in ESRD patients. Dr. Teuber walked us through the varying recommendations regarding ED Thoracotomy and Dr. Banning taught us how to handle neonatal urgencies. Leadership Curriculum wrapped up this week's conference with a session on how to pitch an idea.
Read MoreSRU (pronounced "shrew") = Shock Resuscitation Unit
Training in, and managing, the SRU is one of the crown jewels of our residency. It is where the sickest of the sick patients are found in our ED. It is a crucible, a test of knowledge and strength, and a true manifestation of the tripartite mission of our department: Leadership, Excellence, and Opportunity.
Training in, and managing, the SRU is one of the crown jewels of our residency. It is where the sickest of the sick patients are found in our ED. It is a crucible, a test of knowledge and strength, and a true manifestation of the tripartite mission of our department: Leadership, Excellence, and Opportunity.
