Elspeth Pearce, Author at BrownCoat Nation

Thrown for a Loop

Feeling Argumentative In this series we are going to pick apart the arguments and evidence surrounding a common but controversial topic in Emergency Medicine. The goal is to take a hard look at the practices we are handing down to future generations of ED docs and see what is based on opinion and what is

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EM/IM Sessions

EM/IM Sessions: POCUS in Undifferentiated Hypotension

Does Point-of-Care Ultrasonography Improve Clinical Outcomes in Emergency Department Patients With Undifferentiated Hypotension? An International Randomized Controlled Trial From the SHoC-ED Investigators Atkinson et al. Annals of Emergency Medicine. October 2018. [paper] Why I Chose This Study In my brief time as a physician I have blindly accepted point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) as a useful tool

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June 24, 2019
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HYFTF

HYFTF: First Trimester Vaginal Bleeding

Written and Edited by Dr. Jessica Zahn

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EM/IM Sessions: Effect of Occupancy on Critically Ill Admissions

Effect of Emergency Department and ICU Occupancy on Admission Decisions and Outcomes for Critically Ill Patients Kusum S. Mathews et al. Critical Care Medicine. May 2018. [paper] Why I Chose This Study “We have no beds, the MICU is now down to our crash bed” It seems all too frequent that we hear those dreaded

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March 4, 2019
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Knowledge Bomb

Knowledge Bomb: Antiplatelet Therapy in Ischemic Stroke

We continue the series with Knowledge Bomb #22. The purpose and motivation for this series is outlined in the first entry and extensively in an ALiEM IDEA series blog entry. Background Ischemic stroke remains amongst the top five causes of death world wide impacting 6.2 million people annually¹. In the United States, 140K Americans die each year from stroke².

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January 30, 2019
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EM/IM Sessions: HFNC for Bronchiolitis

A Randomized Trial of High-Flow Oxygen Therapy in Infants with Bronchiolitis Franklin, Donna, et al. The New England Journal of Medicine, March 2018. [paper] Why I Chose this Study During my recent PICU and Pediatric ED rotation, a large amount of my patients with bronchiolitis were started on HFNC liberally. Other hospitals that we rotate

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January 8, 2019
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Midnight Musings

Midnight Musings Why I’m a Nocturnist Hi. I’m Tim Meehan. I’m one of the nocturnists at UIHealth. I’m hoping this semi-regular column will help shed some light (hehe) on the practice of EM in the wee hours of the day. Things that we will (hopefully) talk about over the course of this experiment: How to

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EM/IM Sessions: SALT-ED Trial

Balanced Crystalloids versus Saline in Noncritically Ill Adults WH Self et al. New England Journal of Medicine, March 2018. [paper] Why I chose this article This article is another flashpoint in the long debate – typically between internists and surgeons – regarding the use of normal saline versus balanced crystalloids for resuscitation. I remember being

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December 12, 2018
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Knowledge Bomb

Knowledge Bomb: Route of Diltiazem in Afib with RVR

We continue the series with Knowledge Bomb #21. The purpose and motivation for this series is outlined in the first entry and extensively in an ALiEM IDEA series blog entry. Background Atrial fibrillation (afib) with rapid ventricular rate (RVR) can lead to adverse effects on cardiovascular hemodynamics. Sustained elevated rates of disorganized atrial electrical activity leads to the absence

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Tamara O'Neal

Remembering Tamara O’Neal

In Memory On November 19th, 2018 the BrownCoat family lost one of our own, Dr. Tamara O’Neal, in a horrific act of violence that also took the lives of three others: police officer Samuel Jimenez, pharmacy resident Dayna Less, and the perpetrator of the shooting. We grieve and remember a life so bright and taken

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	January 2020
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6	7	8 Piece Dinner Piece Dinner January 8, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Piece Brewery, 1927 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622, USA •	9 UIC EM Conference @ UIC UIC EM Conference @ UIC January 9, 2020 @ 7:00 am - 12:00 pm Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary at UI Health UIC, 1855 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60612, USA Click link below for the full Conference Announcement & Pre-Readings: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rMCHQnLchgv9Gw0g99ISGw72kj0R3oM2OAQPDhyW938/edit?usp=sharing Miles Square Simulation Center: Address is 1220 S. Wood Street and the sim center is located on the 5th floor. EEI Main Auditorium: Address is 1855 W Taylor St. Enter through the main doors of the EEI Building, turn left immediately past the information desk and the auditorium is at the end of the short hallway. Parking: There is free street parking in front of the VA, but this is far and few between. You can park in one of the parking garages, the closest is located on Wood Street, however, these can be expensive. There is also a Juvenile parking lot located at 1101 South Hamilton Ave and the cost is $2. Public Transit: Take the train Station (“L”) Pink Line to Polk, which is near UIC’s campus. •	10	11	12
13	14	15 Medical Student Simulation Session Medical Student Simulation Session January 15, 2020 @ 8:30 am - 12:00 pm 1220 S Wood St, Chicago, IL 60608, USA The simulation center Location: Miles Square SIM Center 1220 S. Wood St. 5th floor If you are not rotating at UIC and are unsure of where to park, there is street parking available near VA (across Damon), but by 7am, it is gone. Most residents park in the Juvenile Parking Center (1101 S Hamilton Ave, Chicago IL 60612) which is $2 for an unlimited time. You can also park in UIC parking garages, which are closer, however, are significantly more expensive (1100 South Wood St.). Be sure to allot for extra time for parking and walking. Piece Dinner Piece Dinner January 15, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Piece Brewery, 1927 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622, USA • •	16 UIC EM Conference @ UIC UIC EM Conference @ UIC January 16, 2020 @ 7:00 am - 12:00 pm Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary at UI Health UIC, 1855 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60612, USA Click link below for the full Conference Announcement & Pre-Readings: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yKSPkhnDVExIOG7kHEVk7u1QUY4sHD_CuKyHIuFMllY/edit?usp=sharing Miles Square Simulation Center: Address is 1220 S. Wood Street and the sim center is located on the 5th floor. EEI Main Auditorium: Address is 1855 W Taylor St. Enter through the main doors of the EEI Building, turn left immediately past the information desk and the auditorium is at the end of the short hallway. Parking: There is free street parking in front of the VA, but this is far and few between. You can park in one of the parking garages, the closest is located on Wood Street, however, these can be expensive. There is also a Juvenile parking lot located at 1101 South Hamilton Ave and the cost is $2. Public Transit: Take the train Station (“L”) Pink Line to Polk, which is near UIC’s campus. •	17	18	19
20	21	22	23 UIC EM Conference @ Lutheran UIC EM Conference @ Lutheran January 23, 2020 @ 7:00 am - 12:00 pm Click link below for the full Conference Announcement & Pre-Readings. Address: 1775 Dempster St, Park Ridge, IL 60068 Driving/Parking: There is resident parking across the street (Luther Lane) by the ED, which will require your Lutheran ID. There is also a patient garage across the street (Luther Lane) and open parking for medical students across Dempster.Public Transit: Don’t bother, seriously. Find a ride from someone if you don’t have a car. Johnson Auditorium: Enter the hospital at the Parkside entrance just off Luther Lane via the sliding glass doors (if you enter through revolving doors, you’ve gone slightly too far, just make an immediate right and walk a few steps and you’ll be in the Parkside center building), and you’ll see a stairwell almost immediately in front of you. Take the steps down one level and you’ll find the Johnson Auditorium. Olson Auditorium: Enter through the hospital at the Parkside entrance just off Luther Lane via the sliding glass doors. Walk in the main corridor past the B elevators and follow the signs for Osen Auditorium. It will be past the surgical suite on the 1st floor. 10th floor rooms: Go back up to the main hospital level and walk down the hallway towards your left with large glass windows on your left hand side, towards the B elevator bank, which will be the first set of elevators on your right. Take those to the 10th floor and make your way to these rooms, if you’ve hit the cafeteria then you’ve gone the wrong direction. •	24	25	26
27	28	29	30 UIC EM Conference @ UIC UIC EM Conference @ UIC January 30, 2020 @ 7:00 am - 12:00 pm Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary at UI Health UIC, 1855 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60612, USA Click link below for the full Conference Announcement & Pre-Readings: Miles Square Simulation Center: Address is 1220 S. Wood Street and the sim center is located on the 5th floor. EEI Main Auditorium: Address is 1855 W Taylor St. Enter through the main doors of the EEI Building, turn left immediately past the information desk and the auditorium is at the end of the short hallway. Parking: There is free street parking in front of the VA, but this is far and few between. You can park in one of the parking garages, the closest is located on Wood Street, however, these can be expensive. There is also a Juvenile parking lot located at 1101 South Hamilton Ave and the cost is $2. Public Transit: Take the train Station (“L”) Pink Line to Polk, which is near UIC’s campus. •	31

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Piece Dinner
Piece Dinner

January 8, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Piece Brewery, 1927 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622, USA

UIC EM Conference @ UIC
UIC EM Conference @ UIC

January 9, 2020 @ 7:00 am - 12:00 pm
Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary at UI Health UIC, 1855 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60612, USA

Click link below for the full Conference Announcement & Pre-Readings:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rMCHQnLchgv9Gw0g99ISGw72kj0R3oM2OAQPDhyW938/edit?usp=sharing

Miles Square Simulation Center: Address is 1220 S. Wood Street and the sim center is located on the 5th floor.

EEI Main Auditorium: Address is 1855 W Taylor St. Enter through the main doors of the EEI Building, turn left immediately past the information desk and the auditorium is at the end of the short hallway.

Parking: There is free street parking in front of the VA, but this is far and few between. You can park in one of the parking garages, the closest is located on Wood Street, however, these can be expensive. There is also a Juvenile parking lot located at 1101 South Hamilton Ave and the cost is $2.

Public Transit: Take the train Station (“L”) Pink Line to Polk, which is near UIC’s campus.

Medical Student Simulation Session
Medical Student Simulation Session

January 15, 2020 @ 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
1220 S Wood St, Chicago, IL 60608, USA

The simulation center Location:

Miles Square SIM Center
1220 S. Wood St. 5th floor

If you are not rotating at UIC and are unsure of where to park, there is street parking available near VA (across Damon), but by 7am, it is gone. Most residents park in the Juvenile Parking Center (1101 S Hamilton Ave, Chicago IL 60612) which is $2 for an unlimited time. You can also park in UIC parking garages, which are closer, however, are significantly more expensive (1100 South Wood St.). Be sure to allot for extra time for parking and walking.
Piece Dinner
Piece Dinner

January 15, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Piece Brewery, 1927 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622, USA

UIC EM Conference @ UIC
UIC EM Conference @ UIC

January 16, 2020 @ 7:00 am - 12:00 pm
Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary at UI Health UIC, 1855 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60612, USA

Click link below for the full Conference Announcement & Pre-Readings:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yKSPkhnDVExIOG7kHEVk7u1QUY4sHD_CuKyHIuFMllY/edit?usp=sharing

Miles Square Simulation Center: Address is 1220 S. Wood Street and the sim center is located on the 5th floor.

EEI Main Auditorium: Address is 1855 W Taylor St. Enter through the main doors of the EEI Building, turn left immediately past the information desk and the auditorium is at the end of the short hallway.

Parking: There is free street parking in front of the VA, but this is far and few between. You can park in one of the parking garages, the closest is located on Wood Street, however, these can be expensive. There is also a Juvenile parking lot located at 1101 South Hamilton Ave and the cost is $2.

Public Transit: Take the train Station (“L”) Pink Line to Polk, which is near UIC’s campus.

UIC EM Conference @ Lutheran
UIC EM Conference @ Lutheran

January 23, 2020 @ 7:00 am - 12:00 pm

Click link below for the full Conference Announcement & Pre-Readings.

Address: 1775 Dempster St, Park Ridge, IL 60068

Driving/Parking: There is resident parking across the street (Luther Lane) by the ED, which will require your Lutheran ID. There is also a patient garage across the street (Luther Lane) and open parking for medical students across Dempster.Public Transit: Don’t bother, seriously. Find a ride from someone if you don’t have a car.

Johnson Auditorium: Enter the hospital at the Parkside entrance just off Luther Lane via the sliding glass doors (if you enter through revolving doors, you’ve gone slightly too far, just make an immediate right and walk a few steps and you’ll be in the Parkside center building), and you’ll see a stairwell almost immediately in front of you. Take the steps down one level and you’ll find the Johnson Auditorium.

Olson Auditorium: Enter through the hospital at the Parkside entrance just off Luther Lane via the sliding glass doors. Walk in the main corridor past the B elevators and follow the signs for Osen Auditorium. It will be past the surgical suite on the 1st floor.

10th floor rooms: Go back up to the main hospital level and walk down the hallway towards your left with large glass windows on your left hand side, towards the B elevator bank, which will be the first set of elevators on your right. Take those to the 10th floor and make your way to these rooms, if you’ve hit the cafeteria then you’ve gone the wrong direction.

UIC EM Conference @ UIC
UIC EM Conference @ UIC

January 30, 2020 @ 7:00 am - 12:00 pm
Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary at UI Health UIC, 1855 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60612, USA

Click link below for the full Conference Announcement & Pre-Readings:

Miles Square Simulation Center: Address is 1220 S. Wood Street and the sim center is located on the 5th floor.

EEI Main Auditorium: Address is 1855 W Taylor St. Enter through the main doors of the EEI Building, turn left immediately past the information desk and the auditorium is at the end of the short hallway.

Parking: There is free street parking in front of the VA, but this is far and few between. You can park in one of the parking garages, the closest is located on Wood Street, however, these can be expensive. There is also a Juvenile parking lot located at 1101 South Hamilton Ave and the cost is $2.

Public Transit: Take the train Station (“L”) Pink Line to Polk, which is near UIC’s campus.

Elspeth Pearce

Thrown for a Loop

EM/IM Sessions: POCUS in Undifferentiated Hypotension

HYFTF: First Trimester Vaginal Bleeding

EM/IM Sessions: Effect of Occupancy on Critically Ill Admissions

Knowledge Bomb: Antiplatelet Therapy in Ischemic Stroke

EM/IM Sessions: HFNC for Bronchiolitis

Midnight Musings

EM/IM Sessions: SALT-ED Trial

Knowledge Bomb: Route of Diltiazem in Afib with RVR

Remembering Tamara O’Neal

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