Welcome to a new addition to the TOKC blog! Each month we are going to recognize a resident who went above and beyond to make a great save in the ED. We are soliciting nominations from the faculty each block…
Save of the Month! August 2012
Rhythm Nation: Case 1 Solution
Here’s the answer to our last EKG! The major finding in this EKG is the abnormal rhythm. Looking at the rhythm strip (II) the patient starts out in sinus rhythm. Then after the 4th QRS we start to see additional…
Wednesday Wrap-up: 8/15/2012
We had some great senior lectures this morning that touched on a bunch of controversial issues in EM. I wanted to talk more about the concept of fluid responsiveness which has become an increasingly popular topic among the EM sepsis literature, lecture circuit,…
Legal Matters: The Affordable Care Act – What the heck is it?
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which was amended on March 30, 2010 with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act and together are known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The…
Rhythm Nation: Case 1
Here is this weeks EKG! Post your reading and your plan in the comments. I’ll post the answer next week!
Wednesday Wrap-up 8/1/12
8AM- Manoach- Hemodynamic Monitoring 9AM- Wright- ACLS 10AM- Mallemat- The slowly crashing tamponade pt Part 2- Who really needs a central line? 11AM- Walalce- Part 1- Emergency Medicine Health Services Research Part 2- Regional Critical Care Supply and Demand…