Welcome to another week of Grand Rounds! Join us for Sports Medicine Grand Rounds, where he discuss cases from the training room, followed by a discussion on rabies prophylaxis. Two of our wonderful R2s gave their QI/KT on acetaminophen overdose, then we had a review of landmark studies in Emergency Medicine. We had an R4 discharge/transfer/treat case discussion, and ended the day with a pediatrics lecture!
Read MoreJoin us for another exciting week of Grand Rounds! This week, we had Morbidity and Mortality conference where we learned about posterior hip dislocations, hypertensive emergency, subacute combined degeneration secondary to nitrous oxide use, spinal epidural abscesses, small bowel obstructions, management of agitation in the Emergency Department, and status epilepticus. This was followed up by an R3 Taming the SRU lecture on high-grade heart block and transvenous pacemakers and a discussion on finding your niche in academic emergency medicine. We had an exciting R2 CPC case of acute salicylate toxicity, followed by intern core content with a discussion of penile disorders and urologic emergencies, and ended the day with Dr. Sobocinski's R4 capstone.
Read MoreJoin us for another week of Grand Rounds! We had a visit from Dr. Melissa Platt of the ABEM Board of Directors discussing the upcoming changes to the ABEM certification exam. Dr. Lawton presented to us about frequent fliers in the Emergency Department. Dr. Shewakramani spoke to us about sepsis metrics and operational changes that have been made in our department, and we closed with an exciting R3 Taming the SRU lecture with Dr. Artiga discussing difficult intubations.
Read MoreJoin us for another exciting week of Grand Rounds! Today we discussed capacity management and ED throughput, discussed best practices for bedside teaching and and giving a presentation, discussed disposition for orthopedic complaints in the community, reviewed skin adhesives and hypertensive emergency, and listened to a “year in review” of some of our most exciting ultrasound cases from the previous academic year.
Read MoreJoin us for the last Grand Rounds of the academic year! We discuss organophosphate toxicity and bubble CPAP in low-resource settings for Global Health Grand Rounds, a CPC case of acetaminophen toxicity, cardiac pacing, and a case of methemoglobinemia caused by pyridium!
Read MoreJoin Dr. Stark for M&M tips from the last session of the academic year. Also we have electrical storm management, ethical considerations of patient care, neck injury management.
Read MoreSRU (pronounced "shrew") = Shock Resuscitation Unit
Training in, and managing, the SRU is one of the crown jewels of our residency. It is where the sickest of the sick patients are found in our ED. It is a crucible, a test of knowledge and strength, and a true manifestation of the tripartite mission of our department: Leadership, Excellence, and Opportunity.
Training in, and managing, the SRU is one of the crown jewels of our residency. It is where the sickest of the sick patients are found in our ED. It is a crucible, a test of knowledge and strength, and a true manifestation of the tripartite mission of our department: Leadership, Excellence, and Opportunity.
