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Grand Rounds Recap 03.25.20
In our first ever teleconferenced Grand Rounds - this week Dr. Kathryn Banning presented us with opportunities to improve the care we deliver in our monthly morbidity and mortality conference. Then, our panel of expert clinicians and self-aware humans engaged us all in a discussion of wellness and longevity that was at times vulnerable and candid, but also enlightening from start to finish. Finally, we learned more about radio operations and reflected on both failures and victories in HEMS CQI cases with our Air Care leadership team.
What to do about the Flu?
It’s the height of flu season and our most recent Journal. Club focused on a couple of papers digging into the treatment of influenza as well as the association of cardiovascular events with influenza infections. Take a read and a listen to hear about the utility (or potential lack thereof) of oseltamivir as well as the evidence behind a newer medication for treatment of influenza, baloxavir.
It's Not "Just the Flu"
This past month has seen the appearance and peaking of seasonal influenza in the Northern Hemisphere. This year, a particularly early strain of flu has been causing widespread illness across all 50 of the United States. The start (or height) of any flu season is a good time to refresh our understanding of the influenza virus, prevention strategies, testing methods, and treatment modalities. This year, however, we also sit exactly 100 years removed from the most deadly global pandemic ever seen by humanity. Try your hand at some flu-based trivia and take a listen to the podcast below (or on iTunes).