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Tube Thoracostomy for Hemothorax - Is a Tiny Tube Just Fine?
In this Journal Club podcast, PGY-3 Tony Fabiano breaks down a paper from the Journal of Trauma comparing the effectiveness and patient perception of pigtail catheters versus standard chest tubes for hemothorax in the setting of trauma. Is a tiny tube effective at all in draining blood from the chest?
Grand Rounds Recap 2.19.20
This week featured an all-start lineup of resident lectures. Dr. Golden started us off with an amazing M&M, followed by Dr. Mullen enlightening us on eating disorders and the management in the ED. Dr. Iparraguirre taught us about the management of the severely burned patient. Dr. Laurence and Dr. Lagasse faced off in another interesting CPC. Finally Dr. Goff, hit it home with review of pneumonia severity scores and their clinical context.
Global Health Videos
Care of the acutely ill patient in the austere setting is a hallmark of Global Health Medicine. These videos highlight three different examples of how to apply core concepts of Emergency Medicine to a resource limited environment. Dr. Lagasse describes how to make a homemade tourniquet to control life-threatening hemorrhage, Dr. Teuber shows us alternatives to intravascular volume resuscitation, and Dr. Roche outlines how to manage pneumothorax, hemothorax, and hemopneumothorax with and without vacuum assistance