Grand Rounds Recap 7.27.22

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Grand Rounds Recap 7.27.22

Another great week of Grand Rounds kicked off by Dr. Lex Kimmel’s Morbidity and Mortality Conference touching on Ectopic Pregnancy, Finger Dislocation and DOAC overdose management. Dr. Goff presents a case follow up of a gastritis complication. Firearms are lethal, join Dr. Yates as she discusses how to prep yourself with the data to help our patients. Finally we get specialist lecturers discussing acute management of acute occlusive event management in sickle cell disease.

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Grand Rounds Recap 7.20.22

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Grand Rounds Recap 7.20.22

This week’s grand rounds features a discussion of best practices for receiving feedback, how to think about and apply clinical decision rules, BRASH syndrome, Cryptococcus Meningitis, and two oral boards cases about aortoenteric fistulas and mesenteric ischemia.

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Grand Rounds Recap 7.6.2022

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Grand Rounds Recap 7.6.2022

This week we heard from Dr. Baxter about clinical reasoning and the pendulum of clinical thought one often goes through during residency. Dr. Thompson had a brief Operations update for trauma pages and sepsis. We were pushed to consider our own practice patterns with Dr. LaFollette’s cases of Hyponatremia, Sodium Nitrate and Syncope. The quick hits lecture series made its debut talking about QTc intervals, penetrating neck trauma, and a pneumonia research quick hit. We wrapped up the day with neuroimaging tips from Dr. Knight and understanding the care delivered to incarcerated persons at the Hamilton county justice center with Dr. Srivastava.

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Mastering Minor Care: Hand Injuries

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Mastering Minor Care: Hand Injuries

Dr. Stark takes us through a thorough hand exam & common injuries in the ED - come learn or refresh your anatomy, fracture patterns and can’t miss diagnosis or hand and forearm injuries.

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Grand Rounds Recap 6.29.2022

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Grand Rounds Recap 6.29.2022

First Grand Rounds of the 2022-2023 Academic Year! Join Dr. Pancioli as he recounts how our program came to fruition as well as challenges that EM continues to find ways to overcome. Dr. McDonough leads a professionalism talk that helps define what keeps us on top of our game and collectively strong in the hospital. Dr. Paulsen gives Admit, Discharge and Transfer case studies to ground our difficult community decisions.

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Grand Rounds Recap 6.8.22

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Grand Rounds Recap 6.8.22

Another great week of Grand Rounds including pneumothorax therapeutics with Dr. Sardis Harward, snake bites with Dr. Mel Otten, Ventricular and Junctional Escape Rhythms with Dr. Dave Jackson - QIPS and Patient Safety with Dr. Dave Thompson, Wellness and On-Shift Nutrition with Dr. Roblee and the Wellness Team and finally The Crashing Neonate with the Cincy PEM Team!

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Grand Rounds Recap 5.18.22

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Grand Rounds Recap 5.18.22

It was another exciting week here in Cincinnati as we kicked off grand rounds with a session on performance improvement during our quarterly leadership curriculum with Dr. McDonough and discussed alternatives to hospital admission and available outpatient resources in the era of high boarding with our Chair, Dr. Pancioli. We finished our day with an excellent discussion on prenatal mental health care with Dr. Wolochatiuk in her R4 Case Follow Up and on uncommon causes of disorientation in Dr. Zalesky’s Taming the SRU lecture.

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Do You Hear What I Hear: Tinnitus and Auditory Disturbances

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Do You Hear What I Hear: Tinnitus and Auditory Disturbances

The majority of cases of hearing loss and tinnitus are not immediately dangerous and may be safely deferred to the outpatient setting. There are, however, several etiologies of such complaints that are dangerous and require prompt evaluation in the emergency department. The approach to hearing loss and/or tinnitus in the emergency department must focus on identifying characteristics that may clue the examiner in on a potentially harmful etiology.

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