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LECTURE SCHEDULE

Wk 1

Major Trauma Basics

Resuscitation Altered Mental Status Chest Pain
Wk 2 Shortness of Breath Overdose Hypertensive Emergencies Alcoholic Emergencies
Wk 3 Hyperthermia Dizziness Seizures Headaches
Wk 4 Visual Complaints Acute Back Pain Vaginal Bleeding Family Violence

 Gay will email you with date, time and location of lectures during your rotation.

Overall Goal :

The curriculum should develop the student's bedside skills, in particular, the approach and process of diagnosis and management in the undifferentiated patient with potentially emergent conditions. Therefore, a detailed examination of specific diseases is beyond the scope of each lecture topic.

Topics: (relevant subtopics and diagnoses are noted) (final exam will derive from these)

  • Major Trauma Basics: ATLS primary and secondary surveys, Head injuries, NEXUS, Thoracolumbar trauma
  • Resuscitation: BLS, ACLS/Arrythymia Basics, Hypotension, Shock differentiation and management
  • Altered Mental Status: AEIOU TIPS, ED Management
  • Acute Chest Pain: ACS, PE, PTX, Dissection, Pericarditis, Esophageal Rupture
  • Shortness of Breath: Airway obstruction (FB, Trauma, Neck Masses, Infectious,Anaphylaxis), Acute Respiratory Distress, Asthma/COPD, CHF, PNA/ARDS, PTX, Tamponade, Panic attack
  • Toxicology Basics: Initial approach (ABCD/IV/O2/Monitor, Narcan/D50, Decontamination, Elimination), Toxidromes, Specific ingestions and antidotes (ASA, APAP, Toxic Alcohols)
  • Hypertensive Emergencies: Emergency vs. Urgency, Encephalopathy, ACS/CHF, ARF, Sympathomimetics, Eclampsia
  • Alcohol Related Emergencies: DTs, AKA, Alcoholic Hepatitis, Pancreatitis, Trauma, Cirrhosis complications
  • Environmental Emergencies: Burns (thermal/electrical), Heat/Cold emergencies, Submersion injuries, Animal bites
  • Dizziness: Syncope differential and evaluations (Cardiogenic, Neurogenic, Vasovagal, Situational, Orthostasis, etc); Central vs. Peripheral Vertigo
  • Seizures: Status Epilepticus, New Onset versus Breakthrough Seizures
  • Acute Headache: Life threatening Headaches (SAH and other CNS bleeding, Meningitis, CNS mass lesions, Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma, Temporal Arteritis, CO toxicity), Primary Headaches (Migraine, Cluster, Tension)
  • Acute Visual Complaints: Red Eye/Eye Pain/Visual Loss (Corneal diseases/injury, Conjunctivitis, Iritis, Acute angle closure glaucoma, Retinal artery/vein occlusion, Retinal detachment, Eye trauma)
  • Acute Back Pain and Fractures: Acute Back Pain (AAA, Cauda Equina, Epidural Abscess/Osteo, Epidural Hematoma, Vertebral Fractures); Fracture Complications (Compartment syndrome, Neurovascular compromise, Open fractures)
  • Vaginal Bleeding and Pregnancy Complications: Ectopic pregnancy, Abortion (threatened/complete/incomplete/inevitable), Placenta Abruptio and Previa, Trauma and Pregnancy
  • Family Violence/Pain Management: Domestic violence, Child Abuse, Elder Abuse, Sexual Assault

 

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