Drowning Injuries and Diving Medicine
Dr. Dan Popa, EM, Hyperbarics & Undersea Medicine gave a wonderful talk during our virtual conferences on March 26, 2020. The video is presented here for you.
GI Bleeds
All right folks, the chief complaint we all know and love: “rectal bleeding”. It may strike fear in your heart or bring you comfort in its algorithmic approach. However, GI bleeds can present in a variety of ways from the “sick” to “not sick”. So, grab your GUAIAC cards and let’s get started. UPPER GI…
Screen record your slideshow
Scott Heinrich created a video showing you how to use QuickTime Player (included with every Mac) to do a screen recording of your computer. You can display your slides (PowerPoint or Google Slides on full screen mode) and narrate your talk. When the record is done, we can upload it to YouTube. We’re working on…
Online Didactics
This series of posts covers how we’ll move our didactics from live in-person sessions to online in response to COVID-19 changes. Zoom basics Activate your Rush Zoom account (do this first) Getting Zoom running on your smartphone Joining a Zoom meeting from a link emailed to you Creating content Making online videos on a Mac…
Joining a Zoom Meeting
This post is part of a series on how to create an online didactics curriculum for our residency education during the COVID-19 crisis. Once you have Zoom downloaded and have signed in on your laptop or your smartphone, This post looks at how to log into a meeting using a link supplied. There are two…
Setting up your smartphone for Zoom
This post is part of a series on how to create an online didactics curriculum for our residency education during the COVID-19 crisis. In the previous post, we went over how to set up Zoom on your laptop using your Rush credentials. I recommend you do that first and then come back to this post,…
Setting up your Rush Zoom Account (do this first)
This post is part of a series on how to create an online didactics curriculum for our residency education during the COVID-19 crisis. Setting up a zoom account and logging in with it allows you to be automatically invited to meetings, go into breakout rooms and have your name appear on your image. You’ll need…
5 minute Journal Club: shocking Norepi use
Author: Dr. Collin Wulff, DO Study Question: Does early low-dose norepinephrine improve shock control in those with sepsis with hypotension? Design: Mostly good buzzwords here; single center, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled clinical trial, smallish study (310 total). The study group received a fairly low dose of norepi infusion (0.05 mcg/kg/min). The primary outcome was not…
5 Minute Journal Club: NG tube for locating the bleed
Author: Dr. William Slagle Article: Nasogastric Aspiration and Lavage in Emergency Department Patients With Hematochezia or Melena Without Hematemesis Background: This is a paper about GI bleeds and what we should do for them in the ED. GI bleeding can range from mild to severe and can originate from anywhere in the GI tract. This…
New Kid on The HyperK Block… Lokelma
Lokelma (Zirconium Cyclosilicate) I’m sure everyone has seen our new friend, Lokelma, on the Rush hyperkalemia order set. Thought it would be fun to do a blog post to discuss our new medication. Also have quick blurbs about our friend, Kayexalate, as well as a small summary on Veltassa (Patiromer) that you may see used…