Annals of B-Pod: Spring Issue Release!

Annals of B-Pod: Spring Issue Release!

The topics covered in this Spring’s installment of Annals of B Pod highlight the variety of medical knowledge and procedural skills used daily in the Emergency Department. In B Pod, there may be a patient with an intentional ingestion brought in by EMS next door to a patient with a cough who is discovered to have pneumonia, while on the other side of the pod there is a patient complaining of eye pain. All of these patients represent common chief complaints with broad differentials that interns learn how to work up, manage, and treat. Spring also marks a transitional time, when interns start stepping up to into the junior resident role. With this transition, interns broaden their procedural skill set by learning how to place central lines, perform intubations, and insert chest tubes. As the year progresses, interns see more pathology, learn about new disease processes, and acquire procedural skills.

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Grand Rounds Summary 3/8/17

Grand Rounds Summary 3/8/17

Dr. Ashley Shreves from Ochsner Medical Center led off Grand Rounds this week with a great lecture on why Emergency Medicine physicians should be good at Palliative Care and then taught us a step-wise approach to code status discussions in the Emergency Department. Drs. Ronan and Kreitzer brought us the latest installment of the Leadership Curriculum, where we learned about and practiced different styles of communication. 

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Grand Rounds Recap 3.1.17

Grand Rounds Recap 3.1.17

This week Dr. Axelson took us through great DKA in pregnancy, hyponatremia tips, and prioritization in UGIB in this month's M&M. Critical Care bound Dr. Renne laid out some intra-arrest tips and Dr. Brown from Cincinnati Children's talked about Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Small groups covered everything from ACLS logistics to shoulder US to Minnesota tube insertion. 

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Grand Rounds Recap 02.15.17

Grand Rounds Recap 02.15.17

This week, Dr. Carleton talks logistics, tips and tricks of lower extremity regional anesthesia. We had a sim on the challenges of afib control in the hypotensive patient, reviewed rare trauma populations in oral boards and Dr Richardson discussed hospice and palliative care in the ED.

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Grand Rounds Recap 02.08.2017

Grand Rounds Recap 02.08.2017

This week we had the distinct privilege to learn about empathy from Dr. Ope Adeoye who explored what empathy looks like from the patient's perspective - and why it's difficult to be truly empathic as a young physician. We puzzled over a CPC case of severe chest pain in a young woman. Dr. Harty taught us about the not-so-elusive TACO and TRALI among other transfusion reactions. Finally, Dr. Wurster-Ovalle gave us some pointers on management of unvaccinated children with fever in the ED.

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Dealing with the Wheezes

Dealing with the Wheezes

Asthma and COPD are 2 of the more common ailments responsible for patients presenting to an Emergency Department with complaints of shortness of breath.  Last week, we met as a residency and, led by Dr. Lauren Titone, Dr. Walker Plash, and Dr. Rob Thompson, discussed some newer literature for the treatment of these often intertwined conditions.  Take a listen to the podcast within to hear our thoughts and read the summary after the jump for the breakdown.

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Do All Packed Noses Get Antibiotics?

Do All Packed Noses Get Antibiotics?

Due to the fear of toxic shock syndrome (TSS), it has long been considered the standard of care to prescribe antibiotics as prophylaxis for patients who receive packing to treat anterior epistaxis.  But do these patient's really need antibiotics?  How real is the threat? What if you are only packing for a short time?

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ACA and the ED - Past, Present and Future Part III

ACA and the ED - Past, Present and Future Part III

The evolution of the healthcare system in the US carries us toward an exciting future.  The ACA, in particular, has brought about a multitude of changes affecting healthcare cost, access, and quality.  It remains to be seen how the healthcare system will evolve in the next several years, but we in the ED are well positioned to leverage our skills and capabilities to deliver high quality and valued care in an integrated manner. 

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