Protect Me! "Flights" #4 Recap

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Protect Me! "Flights" #4 Recap

Welcome to the Final Recap of our “Flights” Case Series!

Thanks to all those who participated in the discussion and to those who tuned into the “Flights” cases throughout the spring and summer.  The final "Flights" cases centered in on several challenging airway scenarios.  Penetrating neck trauma with a tracheal injury; GSW to the face with significantly altered anatomy; and a tracheostomy displaced and a patient with critical hypoxia - airway management in the field requires a nimble mind and knowledge of one's own equipment.  Take a look at our thoughts on the cases and see what you might do in similar situations.

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Grand Rounds Recap 7/27/2016

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Grand Rounds Recap 7/27/2016

This week in Grand Rounds we reviewed the morbidity and mortality cases from June and learned about infective endocarditis, intimate partner violence, tracheal injuries, pituitary adenomas, hepatic encephalopathy, epistaxis, and carfentanil - a new and dangerous adulterant in heroin. Dr. Denney was challenged to a case of dural venous sinus thrombosis. We learned about the life of an Air Force Reserve physician with Dr. Powell. Dr. Derks taught us about negative pressure pulmonary edema. Finally, we asked the question #whatsyourquestion? and reviewed how to call a good consult. Read on!

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Grand Rounds Recap - 7/20/2016

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Grand Rounds Recap - 7/20/2016

This week Dr. Knight taught us about the management of seizures and about how to manage our own fear. We were schooled on the hypotensive LVAD patient by Drs. Boyer, DeVries and Winders. We learned about oncologic emergencies from Dr. Continenza. Dr. Gorder tamed the SRU and taught us about chemical asphyxiation and burn injuries in the process.

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Grand Rounds Recap 7/6/2016

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Grand Rounds Recap 7/6/2016

This week we got an operations update with some new markers of quality and new guidelines on HIV testing. We were reminded about patient literacy and the advantages of keeping it simple. Dr. Hill also taught that every shift our biases and decision making do affect patient care, it is our duty to recognize and use them to our patients' advantage.

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Grand Rounds Recap - 6/29/2016

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Grand Rounds Recap - 6/29/2016

Professionalism is a belief system.

Management of the Red Eye in a Community ED.

Case #1: 28 yo M who was poked in the eye while wrestling. Small periorbital ecchymosis, conjunctival erythema, reactive pupils, consensual photophobia, fluorescein negative. Normal IOP bilaterally.

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Grand Rounds Recap 6/22

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Grand Rounds Recap 6/22

MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY CONFERENCE WITH DR. DENNEY

Stroke Chameleons

  • Stroke chameleons are atypical presentations of stroke and are associated with delays in diagnoses and failure to administer intervention when otherwise indicated
  • Maintaining a diagnosis of stroke on the differential is paramount to being able to diagnose a chameleon. Characteristics of chameleons that we most frequently miss are:
    • Atypical presentations (we miss 4% of typical vs 64% of atypical) 
    • Strokes in the young
    • Cerebellar strokes
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Grand Rounds Recap - 6/15/16

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Grand Rounds Recap - 6/15/16

This week the airway guru Dr. Steve Carleton outlines trends in airway management and makes a compelling case for keeping blind nasotracheal intubation in the toolkit of your aircraft. Dr. Plash gives us a difficult case of LVAD complications. Dr. Lagasse discusses acute aortic complications and Drs. Thompson and Gorder discuss their protocol for post-ROSC care.

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"Protect Me" - Flights Case 4

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"Protect Me" - Flights Case 4

Welcome to the Fourth Case in our Air Care and Mobile Care Flight Orientation Curriculum for 2016! 

It is a beautiful sunny Memorial Day and you arrive early for your C-pod shift, energized by the knowledge that you will be getting out early with time to enjoy the day. Your patients are an enjoyable mix of pathology and acuity and everyone is quite polite and gracious. The tones drop just before it is time to hand over the radio to the dedicated flight doc and you can’t but marvel at your good fortune. You grab the blood and head up to the helipad for your flight...

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Clinical Approach to Knee Radiographs

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Early in the morning, you begin your day in your local emergency department. After getting yourself situated, a slow trickle of patients begin to appear on the board. It appears to be a normal morning, all except for the fact that five patients appear, one after the other, who have the same chief complaint: “Knee pain”. It is a good thing you brushed up on reading knee x-rays recently!

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June Issue - Annals of B-Pod

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June Issue - Annals of B-Pod

It’s that time in every Emergency Department: the academic year has come to a close. In our shop, interns are spending their last few shifts in B Pod, and the R2s are testing their taming skills in the SRU. The R3s are stepping up to the educator role, and the R4s are looking onward to their future careers. We spend these last few weeks balancing the excitement of our transitions and the purpose of our job: somewhere between the hustle and noise of B Pod, there is a critical illness waiting to be found, #beneaththesurface.

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Grand Rounds Recap - 5/25

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Grand Rounds Recap - 5/25

Another month, another M&M, where this month we learned despite a great clinical rationale, there will always be cases that are a wolf in sheep's clothing. Also be sure to check out a review of chest CT indications in pregnancy, pregnancy-induced hypertension, lactate utilization in the ED and a basics course of ECMO - coming soon to an ED near you...

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