ERcast Lite
Summary: A short, focused discussion of emergency medicine topics with perspectives from emergency physicians as well as other specialties. Here's the problem: When I listen to a 45 minute lecture that goes through about 15 different studies and has 50 slides, I come out feeling like a genius. An hour later, I have forgotten 95% of it. Here's the solution: ercast. We cover a single issue and try to tease out all the relevant elements without overstuffing your frontal cortex. It's for physicians and anyone interested in a bare bones look at emergency care.
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What is your real motivation when making medical decisions? Is it 'what's in the patient's best interest' or is it 'what will keep me from getting sued'? The reflexive answer is, of course, the former, but if you really do some soul-searching, there's probably a bit of the latter as well. In this episode, Mike Weinstock, author of Bouncebacks, and Bouncebacks Pediatrics, discusses why we sometimes have our priorities misaligned with the patient's and how that doesn't need to be the case.
Have you ever watched a volleyball game and seen the ball fall between two players? What happened there? It was probably inadequate or insufficient communication as to who was going to make the play. The same thing happens in almost every professional arena: mistakes are made because of poor communication. In this episode we discuss three tools to improve how we relay information to each other, eliminate ambiguity, and the biggest goal of all - improve patient safety.
Our periodic journal club is back with discussion on... Cervical spine clearance in the intoxicated patient (can you remove the collar if they have a negative CT?). Is there utility to giving antibiotics to patients with simple cutaneous abscess?. Thrombolytics don't give long term benefit to patients with submissive pulmonary embolism. Haloperidol is good for what ails you (if you have gastroparesis). Steroids for bronchitis
Megan Spyres, toxicologist and emergency physician at LA County-USC, gives a primer on diagnosing and treating Wernicke's encephalopathy. The title of this post "What you don't know about Wernicke's encephalopathy" is more from my perspective than a commentary on what you, the listener, may know. After all, you might be a genius when it comes to this disease. For me, this has always been confusing and difficult to diagnose.
Ultrasound legend and newly minted community ED doc Mike Mallin drops into the studio to talk abscess ultrasound, placing IVs, night shifts, and handoffs.
Getting Sued
Peeing Blood and the Pesky Erection
When Breath Becomes Air. Lucy Kalanithi Interview
Spring 2017 Journal Club
How to learn from a lecture
Examining mental health patients
Nasal suction. Miraculous simplicity
Articles you need to know - winter edition
Mumps
Practice Changers
