Tamingthesru
Grand Rounds Recap 7.24.19
Grand Rounds this week started with our Leadership Curriculum, focusing on both positive and negative attitudes of leaders. Next, Dr. Hughes gave her Taming the SRU follow up lecture on debriefing and fat embolism syndrome followed by Dr. Spigner’s R4 Case Follow Up Lecture on streptoococcal toxic shock syndrome. The week wrapped up with simulation and oral boards practice covering acute right heart failure and anterior uveitis.
Grand Rounds Recap 7.10.19
We had a great week in Grand Rounds. The first lecture included a debate about the use of rocuronium or succinylcholine in paralysis for intubation by Drs. Lang and Plash. Drs. Ryan and Moellman led a thrilling discussion through some of their most interesting and thought provoking cases of their careers. Pharmacists Nicole Harger and Paige Gaber then discussed updates in pharmacy, specifically the use of droperidol and anticoagulation reversal in the emergency department. We learned about cognitive biases and clinical decision making from Dr. Hill. The day wrapped up with Dr. Knight showcasing the NIH stroke scale with Dr. Foreman.
The Thinker
The reality of the Emergency Department is that not everybody is sick, but every patient could be sick. The task of finding the sick patients among the non-sick is far more challenging than it may appear and the diagnostic process is far more fraught with potential sources of error than one would like.