7 03, 2018

SplintER Series: Complications & Discharge Care Plans | Splint Principles 103

2018-03-07T09:39:55+00:00

March 7th, 2018 | Expert Peer Reviewed (Clinical), Orthopedic, SplintER |0 Comments

By: Austin Smith, MD and William Denq, MD |Editors: Derek Monette MD, Liz Delasobera MD, Fareen Zaver MD, Anna Waterbrook MD

The SplintER Series is back with its third installment! In this series, we review splinting fundamentals, introduce advanced concepts, and highlight ways to implement these into your next shift. In SplintER 102, we reviewed the materials used in splinting and a general approach to applying a splint. Today’s post puts the spotlight on some of the potential complications of splinting, discharge care plans, and pharmacological adjuncts to aid in recovery.
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20 11, 2017

SplintER Series: Splint Application Principles 102

2018-03-07T20:09:08+00:00

November 20th, 2017 | Orthopedic, SplintER |0 Comments

By: Max Hockstein, MD and William Denq, MD |Editors: Liz Delasobera MD, Fareen Zaver MD, Derek Monette MD

The SplintER Series is back with its second installment! In the first post, Splint 101, we discussed the indications and relative contraindications to splinting. In this post, we focus on the materials used in splinting and some key steps in splint application.
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19 09, 2017

SplintER Series: Splint Principles 101

2018-03-07T01:13:06+00:00

September 19th, 2017 | Expert Peer Reviewed (Clinical), Incubators, Orthopedic, SplintER |0 Comments

By: William Denq, MD and Elizabeth Delasobera, MD |Editors: Fareen Zaver, MD

Why do we splint? Splinting is one of the fundamental procedures of the Emergency Department (ED). How well-versed are we with it? Why do we even splint? By the end of this post, you will know the reason why we splint, when to splint, and just as importantly — when NOT to splint in the ED.
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18 09, 2017

SplintER: A New Series on Orthopedic Injuries and Splinting

2018-03-07T01:13:14+00:00

September 18th, 2017 | Incubators, Orthopedic, SplintER |0 Comments

By: William Denq, MD, Austin Smith, MD, Max Hockstein, MD, Caleb Sunde, MD and Elizabeth Delasobera, MD |Editors: Fareen Zaver, MD

The purpose of the SplintER series is to teach the fundamentals and introduce advanced concepts of splinting to the Emergency Medicine (EM) professional. Humans have been splinting their injuries since 1300 B.C.¹ Although the fundamentals have not changed, splint selection and application require some thoughtful consideration. A 2017 prospective, observational study in the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics demonstrated that more than 90% of splints applied in the Emergency Department were inappropriate (30% applied by EM attendings), as evaluated by orthopaedic surgeons.² While that number may not be representative in your institution, it certainly highlights the inadequacies that many of us feel when approaching a splint!

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30 08, 2017

Announcing a Crowdsourced Wellness Initiatives Database for EM Residency Programs

2017-08-29T17:59:06+00:00

August 30th, 2017 | Social Media & Tech, Wellness, Wellness Think Tank |0 Comments

By: William Denq, MD and Fareen Zaver, MD

“The part can never be well unless the whole is well.” – Plato

The rigors of post-graduate training can strain even the most stoic of residents – the next task, the next project, the next shift. These reduce our resiliency to stressful situations. The likelihood is that your program has worked very hard to develop new and innovative initiatives to improve resident wellness and resiliency. And chances are, they have done this in-house. It takes tremendous efforts, however, to create and revise the efforts. In this digital age of social media, this siloed approach no longer is necessary because programs can easily get feedback and share their experiences with others.

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23 01, 2017

Jumpstart Your Wellness: Inspiring Residency Initiatives

2017-03-05T14:18:50+00:00

January 23rd, 2017 | Wellness |0 Comments

By: William Denq, MD, Fareen Zaver, MD, E. Liang Liu, MD and Nicole Battaglioli, MD

Welcome to Day #2 of Emergency Medicine Wellness Week! Jump starting wellness may seem intimidating when taken as a generic and ambiguous term, much like “the cloud.” So, where to start? How do you tackle such a big issue?
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22 01, 2017

Emergency Medicine WELLNESS WEEK – An international collaboration & call to action!

2017-03-05T14:18:50+00:00

January 22nd, 2017 | Wellness |0 Comments

By: Fareen Zaver, MD, William Denq, MD, E. Liang Liu, MD, Nicole Battaglioli, MD and Arlene Chung, MD

“Dear colleagues. The unbearable has happened…last Friday we discovered that one of our residents was tragically taken from us… It appears that the resident took their own life in response to acute grief…”

– Dr. Christopher Doty (Program Director, University of Kentucky EM Residency Program)

Calling ALL Emergency Medicine (EM) physicians – residents and attendings alike! It shouldn’t take Dr. Doty’s story or the loss by the resident’s family, friends, and colleagues suffered in order for us to recognize the importance of wellness. Our specialty is known to be high risk and it is surprising that we are so late to the game to try and change that. Well, together we can. We are a strong group of people. We see, hear, touch, and smell things that would make the average person nauseous. We are problem solvers and leaders.