What Drip to Use After the Drop - Post-Cardiac Arrest Hypotension

What Drip to Use After the Drop - Post-Cardiac Arrest Hypotension

During a cardiac arrest resuscitation, finally palpating a pulsatile flow beneath your gloved fingertips brings a sense of satisfaction like no other. But just as you go to finally breathe a sigh of relief and wipe the beading sweat off your brow, your now widening pupils focus on the patient’s steadily plummeting blood pressure. As you begin to sense your own heart palpitating, you think about medications to utilize in hopes of staving off another round of chest compressions. Since you’ve already given four doses of code-dose epinephrine, maybe an epinephrine infusion is best? You also recall that norepinephrine seems to be a popular choice in patients with shock, so maybe you should start that instead?

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Grand Rounds Recap 11.9.22

Grand Rounds Recap 11.9.22

This week, we heard about a case of HELLP syndrome on AirCare from Dr. Comiskey, learned about acute liver failure with Dr. de Castro, practiced hands-on ultrasound skills including superior cervical plexus block, TEE, and DVT US with Drs. Baez, Frederick, and Minges, and reviewed NRP with Dr. Vinet

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Family Presence in Cardiac Arrest Resuscitations

Family Presence in Cardiac Arrest Resuscitations

Cardiac arrests are an inevitable reality for emergency medicine providers. There is often a debate on whether family members presence during CPR will lead to more emotional burdens on the family members who witnessed these resuscitations. This study aimed to determine if there are increased rates of PTSD-related symptoms of close relatives who witnessed CPR of a family member.

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Grand Rounds Recap 11.2.22

Grand Rounds Recap 11.2.22

Join us for another excellent Grand Rounds starting with educational M&M case points with Dr Zalesky, Social EM Grand Round on Language Justice with Dr. Diaz and Jarrell - Immunotherapy Complications with Dr. Rodriguez and R3 TamingtheSRU with Dr. Stevens to close out the day.

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Grand Rounds Recap 10.26.22

Grand Rounds Recap 10.26.22

This week’s grand rounds features an overview of crush injuries with Dr. Della Porta, a fantastic look into the evidence behind preeclampsia and eclampsia management with Drs. Brower and Jackson, a discussion of evidence behind emergency medicine pharmacology dogma with Dr. Nagle, and a discussion of the cost of healthcare with Dr. Thompson.

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Grand Rounds Recap 10.19.22

Grand Rounds Recap 10.19.22

This week’s grand rounds features a discussion on the treatment and complications of inflammatory bowel disease with Dr. Hajdu, a CPC showdown and discussion of appendicitis with Drs. Gobble and Urbanowicz, an overview of hand injuries in the community with Dr. Betz, and an intense Taming the SRU case of a traumatic aortic injury with Dr. Kein.

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Grand Rounds Recap 10.12.22

Grand Rounds Recap 10.12.22

Starting off the week with Drs. Jarrell and Yates defining what advocacy looks like in leadership. Drs Finney and Chuko led us in two case follow up discussions featuring how to deal with early misses and Hickam’s Dictum. Finally the Cincinnati Peds team leads up in simuations of Status Asthmaticus.

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Grand Rounds Recap 9.28.22

Grand Rounds Recap 9.28.22

This week we had a tour de force of education goodness. We started off with Dr. Mullen presenting Morbidity and Mortality Conference. This was followed with an updated DKA QI/KT protocol developed by Dr. Shaw and Dr. Glenn. More great faculty Core Content was brought by Dr. Irankunda elucidating high pressure injection injuries. We wrapped up the day with some research nuggets with Dr. Freiermuth.

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Grand Rounds Recap 9.21.2022

Grand Rounds Recap 9.21.2022

This week we covered everything from swollen bladders to swollen intestines. Take a look at Dr. Wolski’s talk on Acute Urinary Retention. Dr. Wright and Gawron had a CPC Showdown over a case with Myxedema Coma. We wrapped the day up with Dr. Schor giving us the yips talking about Bot Flys, Malaria, Intestinal worms and Parasites!

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Grand Rounds Recap 9.7.22

Grand Rounds Recap 9.7.22

We are back with another fantastic week of GR content. We started with a guest lecture on LVADs by Dr. Vierecke from the Department of Cardiology, then QI/KT on Blunt Cardiac Injury with Drs. Haffner and Sobocinski. Next, Dr. Benoit takes us through his list of cardiac arrest pearls. Lastly, we finish with an overview of orthopedics cases in the community with Drs. Milligan, Gawron, and Betz.

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Packers, Stuffers, and Pushers

Packers, Stuffers, and Pushers

Body packers, stuffers, and pushers may present to the emergency department (ED) for evaluation of symptoms or for medical clearance before prosecution. It is important for the ED physician to have a keen framework for diagnosing, evaluating, and treating these patients.

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Grand Rounds Recap 8.31.22

Grand Rounds Recap 8.31.22

This week’s Grand Rounds started with 2 hours of M&M tips with Dr. Broadstock, Small groups followed with Thoracentesis with Dr. Milligan, Lung Ultrasound with Dr. yates and Trach Management with Dr. Gillespie. Functional Movement Disorders with Dr. Eltatawy rounded out a great Grand Rounds!

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