Hey Clinical Monsters! Check out diverse pathology through real world clinical and radiologic images encountered on a day to day basis. Each month there are brand new posts with associated clinical vignettes based on real cases encountered in a busy urban ED. Both traumatic and medical life and limb-threatening emergencies Read more…
Welcome to Save of the Month! where each month we recognize a resident who went above and beyond to make a great save in the ED. Nominations are solicited from the faculty each block and we pick one resident for recognition and embarrassment on this blog. This month’s edition goes to . . Read more…
It’s August and as a resident, I sit at the crux of this famous teaching model. I’m still having some of my first “do ones” while daily “teaching one” to the medical students, juniors and interns who have spent the last few years seeing and are ready to “do.” Like Read more…
Welcome to my first blog post, otherwise known as The Space for a Longtime Repressed Writer. I approached our editors about writing some sort of “human interest/lessons learned” blog to complement the multitude of great educational posts and interesting ED cases in TOKC, sort of allowing your mind to “take Read more…
Bedside Teaching Bedside teaching is a concept and skill I feel is spoken about a lot these days but is not as prominent in medical education as it once was. William Osler, considered the Father of Modern medicine, was a large advocate of bedside teaching. He has said: ‘‘Take the Read more…
Today’s Morning Report is courtesy of Dr. Grock! Burnout Definition: Syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a sense of low personal accomplishment that leads to decreased effectiveness at work (Shanfelt, et al, American Journal of Medicine, 115, 2003). Guess what: doctors are burned out. This year – 46% Read more…
Dr. Bart presents today’s Morning Report! ACUTE ALTITUDE ILLNESS Intermediate Altitude High Altitude Very High Altitude Extreme Altitude 5000 to 8000 ft 8000 to 14000 ft 14000 to 18000 ft >18000 ft Denver Himalayas PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: -Sense decreased arterial oxygenation –> increased ventilation –> respiratory alkalosis Read more…
Welcome to Save of the Month! where each month we recognize a resident who went above and beyond to make a great save in the ED. Nominations are solicited from the faculty each block and we pick one resident for recognition and embarrassment on this blog. This month’s edition goes to . . Read more…
Welcome to Save of the Month! where each month we recognize a resident who went above and beyond to make a great save in the ED. Nominations are solicited from the faculty each block and we pick one resident for recognition and embarrassment on this blog. This month’s edition goes to . . Read more…
On March 11, our educator-in-chief Carl Alsup will present a meta-analysis by Al Deeb et al. on ultrasound in the ED diagnosis of acute pulmonary edema: Point-of-care Ultrasonography for the Diagnosis of Acute Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema in Patients Presenting Wtih Acute Dsypnea: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Academic Emergency Medicine Read more…