Hello EM Residents, Faculty, & Med Students!
This week we will begin our OB/GYN block of lectures before taking a break for a couple weeks for the holidays. We will also have a special case review with Dr. Twiner and Dr. Unold, M&M with Dr. Guignard and US and Journal Club! See you all there!
Rosen’s Chapters:
88: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
90: Selected Gynecologic Disorders
Bonus Material
emDocs: Disseminated Gonococcal Infection
emDocs: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
GUYS! Read some of this stuff for some good information on bites and envenomation.
Buckle up for a big day of learning! Ortho is a big topic with little time so you will have to read A LOT on your own for this one. Handbook of Fractures is a great resource that I use a lot. The link from amazon is there if you want to use it too.
Core Content for Ortho Blocks:
Rosen’s Chapters 42-51
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This week we will start our block of Trauma and then take a nice long break for Retreat, Tox Rounds, Transitions, and CPC in the D. We will jump back into trauma right after all those are finished! We will begin the block with TBI, Abdominal Trauma, Thoracic and Neck Trauma and Foundations. We will have Dr. Isaacson from our Trauma Surgery colleagues as a guest lecturer for Thoracic and Neck Trauma and Dr. Joel Topf, Wayne State graduate, and current Nephrologist lecturing on contrast related kidney injury!
Rosen’s
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REBEL:EM Is age just a number when cracking chests?
em:docs Retroperitoneal Trauma: ED Evaluation and Management
em:docs Trauma ICU Rounds – Cricothyrotomy Considerations with Scott Weingart
LET’S LEARN ABOUT THE KIDNEY! It has so many wonderful properties: concentration, dilution, potassium stuff, sodium stuff, and so many other things! We are so lucky to have kidneys. Now let’s talk about what this week’s conference is all about! We have M&M up first, then ESRD complications, and then urologic emergencies and hyperkalemia! So much good learning. Read these things to prepare if you want to.
Core Content: Rosen’s
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This week we will continue our GI block with a faculty lecture from Dr. Dimovska on GI Decontamination from the toxicology perspective and lectures from Dr. Philbrick and Dr. Juliano. We will also have a guest from Zotec on documentation, a mini lecture on human trafficking from Dr. Rousseau, and an admini lecture. Topping it all off with our weekly quiz review!
Core Content: Rosen’s
Chapter 80: Disorders of the Liver and Biliary Tract
Chapter 82: Disorders of the Small Intestine
Chapter 85: Disorders of the Large Intestine
Chapter 86: Disorders of the Anorectum
FOAMed/Extra Goodies
emDOCS: Ultrasound for Small Bowel Obstruction
emDOCS: The Sick Bowel Obstruction Patient
THIS WEEK WE START GI! Time to learn about the colon and where poop comes from. We have an M&M, a FLIP, Foundations, and a special guest lecturer, minimally invasive surgeon Dr. Mansour on bariatric emergencies this week!
Core Content:
Rosen’s: Nausea and vomiting
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Internet book of critical care: GIB
EM:RAP: Complications of bariatric surgery
We are going to keep things going this week with more pulmonary topics! With some feedback from last weeks ventilator lecture, Dr. Pickos will take us through a very basic tutorial of vents and vent settings. In addition, we will have an airway FLIP with Dr. Glamm, an asthma lecture with Dr. Olsen, and some pharmacology coverage with the current EM-Pharmacy Resident, Denise. The pulmonary content will be supplemented by a Follow Up Rounds with Dr. Ershad and of course, our weekly quiz review!
Core Content: Rosen’s
Chapter 2: Mechanical Ventilation and Non-Invasive Ventilatory Support
Chapter 4: Procedural Sedation and Analgesia
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EM:RAP Ventilator Management Intro
EM:RAP Ventilator Management I
EM:RAP Ventilator Management II
EM:RAP Ventilator Management III
EM:RAP Ventilator Management IV
REBEL:EM – Management of Mild to Moderate Asthma Exacerbations
REBEL:EM – Single dose dexamethasone or 5 days of prednisone for adult asthma exacerbations?
All right everyone! We have a very busy conference this week and it is absolutely JAM PACKED WITH PEARLS. We will start with a FUR with Dr. Juliano and a FLIP with our very own Dr. Alangaden. We will go into foundations cases with Drs. Abdo and Pickos. Then we will have special guest ANESTHESIA CRIT CARE FELLOW giving a lecture on mechanical ventilation.
Come for the food – stay for the content!
Core Content:
Rosen’s
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This week we have a jam packed schedule and will continue with cardiology content with STEMI Follow-ups with Dr. Hakim, EKG Rounds with Dr. Berk, FLIP presentations from Dr. Unold and Dr. Ognjenovic, and we will have a guest lecture on Risk Management with Dr. Sweeny. We will wrap the day up with our weekly quiz review and lunch!
Core Content – Rosen’s
Chapter 8: Adult Resuscitation
Chapter 70: Implantable Cardiac Devices
Process Improvement and Patient Safety
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