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Grand Rounds Recap 11.30.22
This week, we were joined by Dr. Gorgas from OSU to discuss ethics in global health, heard about evidence-based medicine from Dr. Zalesky, used gamification to review winter topics with Drs. Wosiski, Diaz, and Stark, and held our M&M conference.
Grand Rounds Summary 8/5
Taming the SRU Case Follow-Up: GSW to the Head with Dr. Grosso
- In one census: 66% of violent deaths are suicide, with 30k suicide deaths annually in the US
- ~50% of suicide attempts include firearms
- GSW to head mortality is 80%, and 71% die on scene
- ~40% of those who survive to hospital have favorable outcomes
- Favorable prognosis: GCS>8, normal pupillary reaction, absence of coagulopathy of trauma/hemodynamic instability