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Hosts, Alex Finch, MD and Venk Bellamkonda, MD explore topics relevant to the practice, education or research of emergency medicine. Enjoy interviews with people on the front lines, thought leaders from around the world, and the comedy and drama of life when it intersects with emergency care. Follow us on X: @AlwaysOnEM Email: AlwaysOnEM@gmail.com
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6 days ago
6 days ago
Dr. Mark Mannenbach, emeritus pediatric emergency physician, former chairperson of pediatric emergency medicine at Mayo Clinic and career long advocate for children comes back on the show to talk through nonaccidental trauma in children in a two part series.
In this second part, we talk through mimics of abuse, second victim syndrome related to caring for children of abuse, some aspects of neglect, and more.
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REFERENCES
1. Sugar NF, Taylor JA, Feldman KW. Bruises in infants and toddlers: those who don't cruise rarely bruise. Puget Sound Pediatric Research Network. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1999 Apr; 153(4):399-403
Friday Nov 01, 2024
Chapter 37 - Nonaccidental trauma in children, part one.
Friday Nov 01, 2024
Friday Nov 01, 2024
Dr. Mark Mannenbach, emeritus pediatric emergency physician, former chairperson of pediatric emergency medicine at Mayo Clinic and career long advocate for children comes back on the show to talk through nonaccidental trauma in children in a two part series.
In this first part, we talk through the approach to sharing the concern that you have with the family, keys to the physical examination, the role of additional testing such as serum, urine, and radiograph.
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Email - AlwaysonEM@gmail.com
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Chapter 36 - The Butterfly Effect - Principles of Supply Chain Management
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Dr. Pritish Tosh, consultant physician in Infectious Diseases, and Supply Chain Management specialist for Mayo Clinic talks through the relationship between our clinical delivery of care and the strength of our supply chain practices. Our recent experiences with facemasks in the pandemic, the daily threats to medication access, and the events of recent longshoreman strike as well as Hurricane Helene damage to saline production locations has shown us how valuable it is to understand our supply chain. In this chapter, Alex and Venk, get schooled on the importance of this understanding, the basics of how to assess the stability of supply chain, and how to be advocates for a healthy supply chain infrastructure moving forward.
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Email - AlwaysOnEM@gmail.com
REFERENCES & LINKS
- Tosh PK, Schafer JM, Harvieux TP, Hall BL. Medical Supply Shortages - We are part of the problem...and solution. Mayo Clin Proc. 2023 Dec; 98(12):1763-1766Associated Press. (2024, October 1). US port strike: Over 45,000 dockworkers from Maine to Texas hit picket lines. AP News. Retrieved from https://apnews.com/article/port-strike-ila-dockworkers-begins-e5468e760f46a64e4322d1702beb1f72[1](https://apnews.com/article/port-strike-ila-dockworkers-begins-e5468e760f46a64e4322d1702beb1f72).
- Harris, R. (2018, March 31). Why did sterile salt water become the IV fluid of choice? NPR. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/03/31/597666140/why-did-sterile-salt-water-become-the-iv-fluid-of-choice[1](https://www.mybib.com/tools/apa-citation-generator).
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Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Chapter 35 - Diffusing the fuse - Violence in the emergency department
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Dr. Sarayna McGuire is an emergency physician who has been investigating workplace violence in the ED and in the prehospital setting. She and Dr. Casey Clements, who is the chief safety officer for Rochester Mayo Clinic campus talk with Venk and Alex about the violence in the emergency department. The scope of the problem is staggering, the impact ripples broadly into the community, and we all have the opportunity to intervene and change the trajectory of how life unfolds – learn the what, the why, and the how in this cant-miss chapter of Always on EM
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REFERENCES & LINKS
- Pompeii LA, Schoenfisch AL, Lipscomb HJ, Dement JM, Smith CD, Upadhyaya M. Physical assault, physical threat, and verbal abuse perpetrated against hospital workers by patients or visitors in six U.S. hospitals. Am J Ind Med. 2015 Nov;58(11):1194-204
- McGuire SS, Finley JL, Gazley BF, Mullan AF, Clements CM. The team is not okay: Violence in emergency departments across disciplines in a health system. West J Emerg Med. 2023 Feb 1;24(2):169-177
- Speroni KG, Fitch T, Dawson E, Dugan L, Atherton M. Incidence and cost of nurse workplace violence perpetrated by hospital patients or patient visitors. J Emerg Nurs. 2014 May;40(3):218-28
- McGuire SS, Mullan AF, Clements CM. Unheard victims: multidisciplinary incidence and reporting of violence in an emergency department. West J Emerg Med. 2021 May 7;22(3):702-709
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Saturday Sep 14, 2024
Saturday Sep 14, 2024
Ischemic heart disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. While atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD) is the focus of most outpatient and inpatient evaluations for cardiovascular symptoms, up to two thirds of patients suffer from myocardial ischemia with non-obstructive coronary arteries (INOCA). Patients with INOCA have unique symptoms and are more likely to have functional limitation and repeat presentations for cardiovascular evaluation. While there has been increasing recognition of INOCA there is no specific functional status measure, limiting our ability to evaluate the course of illness or effectiveness of therapies. In this presentation, Dr. Samit Shah, interventional cardiologist at Yale New Haven Hospital who recently gave grand rounds recently to the Mayo Clinic Department of Emergency Medicine, reviews the causes of ischemic heart disease, challenges with current symptom assessment, and proposes a new path for better diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.
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X - @AlwaysOnEM; @VenkBellamkonda; @SamitShahMD
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Email - AlwaysOnEM@gmail.com
Sunday Sep 01, 2024
Sunday Sep 01, 2024
Dr. Adela Cope breaks down pelvic inflammatory disease, tubo-ovarian abscess, ovarian torsion, ectopic pregnancy and more in this densely packed chapter of Always on EM. Tune in as Alex and Venk also try to figure out which one has the correct mental model of PID and who will ask the first stupid question.
CONTACTS
X - @AlwaysOnEM; @VenkBellamkonda
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Email - AlwaysOnEM@gmail.com
LEARN MORE ABOUT RESIDENCY:
- https://youtu.be/gCQ0zimhhhY?si=NpsyTruGM9N_UpVM
- https://college.mayo.edu/academics/residencies-and-fellowships/emergency-medicine-residency-minnesota/
REFERENCES:
- Williams T, Mortada R, Porter S. Diagnosis and Treatment of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Am Fam Physician. 2016;94(2):106-113
- Rutz M, Boulger C. Early Pregnancy. Sonoguide - American College of Emergency Physicians. Accessed 8/20/2024 (https://www.acep.org/sonoguide/basic/early-pregnancy)
- Rodgers SK, et al. A lexicon for first-trimester US: Society of radiologists in ultrasound consensus conference recommendations. Radiology. 2024; 312(2):e240122
- Kreisel K, Flagg EW, Torrone E. Trends in pelic inflammatory disease emergnecy department visits, United STates, 2006-2013. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2018;218:117e1-e10
- Adhikari S, Blaivas M, Lyon M. Role of bedside transvaginal ultrasonography in the diagnosis of tubo-ovarian abscess in the emergency department. JEM 2008. 34(4):429-433
- Mohseni M, Simon LV, Sheele JM. Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of tubo-ovarian abscess, hydrosalpinx, pyosalpinx, and oophoritis in emergency department patients. Cureus. 2020;12(11):e11647
- CDC sexually transmitted infections treatment guidelines, 2021 - Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) accessed 8-20-24
- Linden JA. et al. Is the pelvic examination still crucial in patients presenting to the emergency department with vaginal bleeding or abdominal pain when an intrauterine pregnancy is identified on ultrasonography? A randomized tli. Annals of Emerg Med 2017(70):825-834
- Stein JC, et al. Emergency physician ultrasonography for evaluating patients at risk for ectopic pregnancy: A Meta-Analysis. Annals of Emerg Med. 2010;56:674-683
- Robertson JJ, Long B, Koyfman A. Emergency Medicine Myths: Ectopic pregnancy, evaluation, risk factors, and presentation. JEM. 2017(53)6819-828
- Brown J, Fleming R, Aristizabal J, Rocksolana G. Does pelvic exam in the emergency department add useful information? West J Emerg Med. 2011;12(2):208-212
- Lee R, Dupuis C, Chen B, Smith A, Kim YH. Diagnosing ectopic pregnancy in the emergency setting. Ultrasonography. 2018;37:78-87
Wednesday Aug 14, 2024
Wednesday Aug 14, 2024
This past winter, Dr. Rich Griffey, healthcare quality leader from Washington University School of Medicine and Emergency Medicine, came to present grand rounds on a new way to care for patients with mild to moderate DKA, which they call the SQuID protocol. This talk serves to inspire us to look even at some of our well established conditions and see what we could do differently, as well as appreciate the value that healthcare quality improvement integrated with research methods and implementation science thinking can do when they all come together for the improvement of patient care. Come be inspired with us!
CONTACTS
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Email - AlwaysOnEM@gmail.com
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Thursday Aug 01, 2024
Thursday Aug 01, 2024
Dr. Ronna Campbell, professor of emergency medicine, and passionate anaphylaxis researcher schools Alex and Venk on several issues related to contrast-related anaphylaxis. She helps clarify an approach to managing ED situations where a contrasted CT is desired yet the patient has documented anaphylaxis to iodine, or how to treat a patient who returns with unexpected reaction after receiving contrasted imaging. Can you be allergic to Iodine? What is the relationship between shellfish allergy history and contrast? What is the role of steroids in anaphylaxis management? These are just some of the questions that we answer in this discussion.
CONTACTS
X - @AlwaysOnEM; @VenkBellamkonda
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Email - AlwaysOnEM@gmail.com
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Sunday Jul 14, 2024
Grand Rounds - Dr. Ken Milne - Old Fashioned Doctors
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
Dr. Ken Milne presents his talk entitled, “Old Fashioned Doctors,” to Mayo Clinic Emergency Medicine as our keynote speaker for our annual research day. In this talk, he goes through 10 ideas that were proposed in an article by Dr. Herbert Fred as potential ways that old-fashioned doctors may practice medicine more effectively or more palatably than younger counterparts. In this talk, he challenges those ten ideas while offering insights and reflections founded from his experiences before that can help guide or shape the way people can practice tomorrow. This is all done through the use of story and humor as he does in all of his other public speaking opportunities.
CONTACTS
X - @AlwaysOnEM; @VenkBellamkonda
YouTube - @AlwaysOnEM; @VenkBellamkonda; @KenMilne4234
Instagram – @AlwaysOnEM; @Venk_like_vancomycin; @ASFinch
TikTok - @Dr_Venk
Email - AlwaysOnEM@gmail.com
REFERENCES & LINKS
- Skeptics guide to emergency medicine: https://thesgem.com/
- Ken Milne’s Youtube video of his presentation: https://youtu.be/f18FmFci-BI?si=jqJ-53HMLTI-uwLy
- Herbert L Fred M.D. (1998) Old-Fashioned Doctors, Hospital Practice, 33:12, 15-15, DOI: 10.1080/21548331.1998.11443787
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Monday Jul 01, 2024
Monday Jul 01, 2024
Dr. Lacey Shiue, emergency ultrasound faculty, sits down with Alex and Venk to talk through ultrasound guided nerve blocks and plane blocks. We talk through key differences in commonly used medications, how to manage toxicity from those medications as well as a detailed discussion of several different specific blocks including: Erector Spinae Plane Block, Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block, Supraclavicular Block, Interscalene Block among others. In addition, she discusses the keys to advancing an emergency regional anesthesia program.
CONTACTS
X - @AlwaysOnEM; @VenkBellamkonda
YouTube - @AlwaysOnEM; @VenkBellamkonda
Instagram – @AlwaysOnEM; @Venk_like_vancomycin; @ASFinch
Email - AlwaysOnEM@gmail.com
RESOURCES FOR PRACTICE:
- MDCALC for anesthetic dose calculation: https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/10205/local-anesthetic-dosing-calculator
- Safe Local app for anesthetic dose calculation: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/safelocal/id1440999841
- New York School of Regional Anesthesia: https://www.nysora.com/filter-topics/
- Highland County Emergency Medicine Website: https://highlandultrasound.com/
- ASRA - American Society of Regional Anesthesia - Checklist for treatment of LAST: https://www.asra.com/news-publications/asra-updates/blog-landing/guidelines/2020/11/01/checklist-for-treatment-of-local-anesthetic-systemic-toxicity
REFERENCES:
- American College of Emergency Physicians Policy Statements: Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks, published April 2021. Document accessed June 20, 2024 via: https://www.acep.org/patient-care/policy-statements/ultrasound-guided-nerve-blocks
- American College of Emergency Physicians Policy Statements: Guideline for ultrasound transducer cleaning and disinfection, approved April 2021. Document accessed June 20, 2024 via: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.acep.org/siteassets/new-pdfs/policy-statements/guideline-for-ultrasound-transducer-cleaning-and-disinfection.pdf
- Disinfection of Ultrasound Transducers Used for Percutaneous Procedures: Intersocietal Position Statement. J Ultrasound Med. 2020; online before print. https://doi.org/10.1002/jum.15653
- Ramesh S, Ayyan SM, Rath DP,Sadanandan DM. Efficacy and safety of ultrasound-guidederector spinae plane block compared to sham procedure inadult patients with rib fractures presenting to the emergencydepartment: A randomized controlled trial. Acad Emerg Med.2024;31:316-325. doi:10.1111/acem.14820
- New York School of Regional Anesthesia: Ultrasound-guided fascia iliaca nerve block. Accessed June 21, 2024 via: https://www.nysora.com/techniques/lower-extremity/ultrasound-guided-fascia-iliaca-block/
- Downs T, Jacquet J, Disch J, Kolodychuk N, Talmage L, Krizo J, Simon EL, Meehan A, Stenberg R. Large Scale implementation of fascia iliaca compartment blocks in an emergency department. West J Emerg Med. 2023 May 3;24(3):384-389
- Makkar JK, Singh NP, Bhatia N, Samra T, Singh PM. Fascia iliaca block for hip fractures in the emergency department: meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Dec:50:654-660
- Rukerd MRZ, Erfaniparsa L, Movahedi M, et al. Ultrasound-guided femoral nerve block versus fascia iliaca compartment block for femoral fractures in emergency department: a randomized controlled trial. Acute Med Surg. 2024 Mar 6;11(1):e936
- Beaudoin FL, Haran JP, Liebmann O. A comparison of ultrasound-guided three-in one femoral nerve block versus parenteral opioids alone for analgesia in emergency department patients with hip fractures: a randomized controlled trial. Acad Emerg Med. 2013 Jun;20(6):584-91
- Reavley P, Montgomery AA, Smith JE, Binks S, Edwards J, Elder G, Benger J. Randomised trial of the fascia iliaca block versus the 3-in-1 block for femoral neck fractures in the emergency department. Emerg Med J. 2015;32:685-689
- Schulte SS, Fernandez I, Van Tienderen R, Reich MS, Adler A, Nguyen MP. Impact of the fascia iliaca block on pain, opioid consumption, and ambulation for patients with hip fractures: a prospective, randomized study. J Orthop Trauma. 2020 Oct;34(10):533-538
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