Grand Rounds Recap 01.20.2021

Grand Rounds Recap 01.20.2021

This week’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 09.23.20

Grand Rounds Recap 09.23.20

Join us as we welcome our guest lecturer, Dr. Luke Messac, for our Global Health Grand Rounds. Dr. Modi then expertly takes us through the ED management of traumatic brain injury in his R4 Case Follow Up. Dr. Diaz makes her lecture debut with dermatologic emergencies. Drs. Winslow and Zalesky walk us through the evidence-based approach to neonatal resuscitation in their QI/KT, and lastly, we end the day learning about the power of positive psychology in our Wellness Curriculum.

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Grand Rounds Recap 12.11.19

Grand Rounds Recap 12.11.19

This week in grand rounds started off with Dr. Humphries reviewing the evidence of various interventions in traumatic cardiac arrest and providing a clear algorithm to follow in patients who suffer blunt traumatic cardiac arrest. We then had an in depth discussion on the approach to the encephalopathic patient in the Emergency Department. Dr. Bryant then presented some interesting cases that she had on her most recent trip to Guyana, followed by Dr. Ramsey’s in depth review of the emergent complications of acute leukemia. We finished off the day with our pediatric Emergency Medicine colleagues who led us through a simulation and oral boards cases.

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Diagnostics: The HINTS Exam

Diagnostics: The HINTS Exam

Dizziness is common and is commonly a frustrating diagnostic dilemma in the ED. As patient’s stories vary between providers, it would be nice if we had a tool that was objective, reproducible and definitive. Enter - the HINTS exam. Join Dr. Ijaz as he discusses this nuanced exam that can change dizziness into a definitive diagnosis.

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