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Grand Rounds Recap 7.24.24
We started off this week with our first morbidity and mortality conference of the year given by chief resident Dr. Moulds. Dr. LaFollette then shared clinical pearls with us from multiple case follow ups followed by Dr. Brower who discussed the evidence behind a multitude of superstitions. We finished up with a lecture from dual EM/PEM trained faculty Dr. Cindy Chang who discussed high risk, low prevalence diseases in children.
Back on the Block - Heart Blocks Part 2
Last week we introduced to you a primer on the interpretation and detection of heart blocks on EKGs. Now you can test out your knowledge with some cases based on the information in the previous post!
Heart Blocks: A Primer
We order and interpret numerous EKG’s during our shifts in the emergency department. EKG interpretation is one of the skills we need to be competent in and comfortable with as an emergency medicine physician. STEMI’s, ischemic changes and arrhythmias are some of the most important findings we focus on, and although straightforward, heart blocks can be easily overlooked. The goal of this post is to go over some of the most common and clinically relevant conduction blocks, how to manage them and what their disposition are.