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Please join us this week for Emergency Medicine Departmental Conference, in the 8th floor conference room at Elmhurst Hospital. The day’s activities are planned as follows:

8am Joint EM / Cardiology Conference — Dr. Abiola Fasina
9am Guest Speaker: EM Presentations of Cardiac Anomalies — Dr. Elizabeth Weinstein
10am Journal Club — Dr. Nick Genes (articles below)
11am Trauma Conference — Dr. Scott Weingart
12pm M&M — Dr. Lynda Schoenstein

Lunch will be served. Please note the early start time.

Residents: The following journal club articles are accessible by entering the login and password from my email. Once again we are breaking up assigned papers by class — you should be familiar with all the papers, but be prepared to answer the following questions about your class’ paper:

• What was the treatment effect and how was it determined?
• Who were the study subjects and are they similar to our patients?
• What are the study’s limitations?
• What is your current practice in this scenario, and is this study enough to change it?

EM-1: Hijazi R et al. Effect of topical alkane vapocoolant spray on pain with intravenous cannulation in patients in emergency departments: Randomised double blind placebo controlled trial. BMJ 2009 Feb 10; 338:b215. PMID: 19208703. Abstract. Paper.

EM-2: Marvez-Valls, EG et al. The role of betamethasone in the treatment of acute exudative pharyngitis. Acad Emerg Med. 1998 Jun;5(6):567-72. PMID: 9660281. Abstract. Paper.

EM-3: Griffith et al. Metoclopramide Versus Hydromorphone for the Emergency Department Treatment of Migraine Headache. J Pain. 2008 Jan;9(1):88-94. PMID: 17981511. Abstract. Paper.

EM-4: Fitch RW, Kuhn JE. Intraarticular lidocaine versus intravenous procedural sedation with narcotics and benzodiazepines for reduction of the dislocated shoulder: a systematic review. Acad Emerg Med. 2008 Aug;15(8):757-8. PMID: 18783486. Abstract. Paper.

Background: Pain Assessment Tools, page 8-11 in the July 2006 edition of EMPractice by Curtis & Morrell.  The sections on pathophysiology of pain and ED pain epidemiology are also recommended.

Optional Clinical Background:  Chang, AK, Gallagher, EJ, et al. Safety and efficacy of hydromorphone as an analgesic alternative to morphine in acute pain: a randomized clinical trial. Ann Emerg Med. 2006 Aug;48(2):164-72. PMID: 16857467. Abstract. Paper. Review. I’ll be referring to this paper’s intro, limitations and discussion in passing as it nicely touches upon some of the challenges of pain treatment and research in NYC.

Please join us for Emergency Medicine Department Conference on Wednesday, March 25th at 9AM in Mount Sinai’s Hatch Auditorium.

This week’s conference will feature EM critical care expert Dr. Jay Falk. Shawn Zhong will also delivery his senior lecture, and Anita Vashi will lead an interesting EM-IM joint lecture. The day’s full schedule is shown below:

9am Grand Rounds: Decompensated Heart Failure and Sepsis — Dr. Jay Falk
11am Senior Lecture: Fast Track Fatalities– Dr. Shawn Zhong
12pm Joint EM/IM Lecture — Dr. Anita Vashi
1pm  Peds M+M — Dr. Lisa Patrick

Lunch will be served.

Please join us this Thursday evening at 7 PM for our post-Match party.

We’ll be celebrating the largest-ever class of incoming residents, as well as the efforts of so many of you over the past year’s interview cycle.

The party’s at Kinsale, on 3rd Ave between 94th & 95th. One notable reviewer had nice things to say about this place, so be sure to stop by.

Please join us this week for Emergency Medicine Departmental Conference, in the 8th floor conference room at Elmhurst Hospital.The day’s activities are planned as follows:

8am Joint EM / Cardiology Conference — Dr. Alan Huang
9am Toxicology Series: Lipid Therapy — Dr. Alex Manini
10am Critical Care Series: EGDT Complications & Pitfalls — Dr. Xun Zhong
11am End-Tidal CO2 Monitoring — Dr. Reuben Strayer
12pm Advanced EKG Interpretation II — Dr. Alex Kamanetsky

Lunch will be served. Please note the early start time.

Please join us this week for Emergency Medicine Departmental Conference, in the 8th floor conference room at Elmhurst Hospital.

The day’s activities are planned as follows:

9am Journal Club — Dr. Evelyn Chow (see below for articles)
10am Research Lecture Series — Dr. Ilene Wilets
10:30am Ultrasound of the Week — Dr. Andrew Pleasant
11am Trauma Series: C-Spine injuries and management — Dr. Lauren Post (background reading below)
12pm M&M — Dr. Yoon
1pm Advanced EKG Interpretation — Dr. Alex Kamanetsky

Lunch will be served.

Residents: The following journal club articles are accessible by entering the login and password from my email:

Primary discussion: Hacke, et al. Thrombolysis with Alteplase 3 to 4.5 Hours after Acute Ischemic Stroke. N Engl J Med 2008;359:1317­29. PMID: 18815396.

Clinical background: NINDS rtPA Stroke Study Group. Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Acute Ischemic Stroke. N Engl J Med 1995;333:1581-7. PMID: 7477192.

Also, please note: Dr. Post has asked that you familiarize yourself with the NASCIS II and NASCIS III trials.

In the Simulation Suite on KCC’s 8th floor.