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The Sedation Vacation

Sedation Vacations in the Intensive Care Unit Sorry, pure EM folk, this topic primarily applies to the unit. For most of us, the idea of a “daily sedation vacation” is probably a familiar and standard practice in the intensive care unit (ICU). Generally defined, a sedation vacation is when sedatives are discontinued for a period

Elspeth Pearce
February 26, 2018
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Knowledge Bomb

Knowledge Bomb! Elevate Head of Bed for Intubation

We continue on with the series with Knowledge Bomb #9. The purpose and motivation for this series is outlined in the first entry. This entry we discuss a different technique for intubation of patients. Background Intubation is a popular topic in emergency medicine and everyone has an opinion on the best technique. Video laryngoscopy only? First

George Hughes
November 2, 2016
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Knowledge Bomb

Knowledge Bomb! Another Look At Apneic Oxygenation

We continue on with the series with Knowledge Bomb #8. The purpose and motivation for this series is outlined in the first entry. This entry we return to Apneic Oxygenation and its use during intubation. Thanks to Dr. Albert Vien, PGY3, and Dr. Randy Hebert for their work on this entry. Background “Sats are dropping..

George Hughes
August 23, 2016
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HYFTF

High Yield for the Field – Procedures: PTA & Regional Anesthesia

Dr. Janae Hohbein takes us through draining a PTA and performing regional anesthesia on the face. Thanks to Dr. Puja Gopal & Dr. John Purakal for helping put this together.

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May 8, 2016
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	October 2019
	1	2	3 UIC EM Conference @ Lutheran UIC EM Conference @ Lutheran October 3, 2019 @ 7:00 am - 12:00 pm Click link below for the full Conference Announcement & Pre-Readings. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OazUxEK-L2OEqKkq50Y3ACtxmPU4WsDJa3WknaNideM/edit?usp=sharing 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. •	4	5	6
7	8 Hawkeyes Hawkeyes October 8, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Hawkeye's Bar & Grill, 1458 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607, USA •	9 Combinded UIC-Cook County Conference Combinded UIC-Cook County Conference October 9, 2019 @ 8:00 am - 12:00 pm 1950 W Polk St, Chicago, IL 60612, USA DISCUSSION ON THE ROLE OF HEALTHCARE IN ADDRESSING THE GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC October 9, 2019 \| 8AM-12PM Cook County Health, 1950 W Polk St. Professional Building Room 5501, Chicago, IL, 60612 •	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17 UIC EM Conference: Mercy conference @ UIC UIC EM Conference: Mercy conference @ UIC October 17, 2019 @ 7:00 am - 12:00 pm Mile Square Health Center, 1220 S Wood St, Chicago, IL 60608, USA Click link below for the full Conference Announcement & Pre-Readings. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qA3AdmI93-H5oRKlOUSnIUr3LgO6VHqCl6sM73m1c_o/edit#heading=h.f737mrbtriht Click here for address and parking Info Address: Miles Square Health Center Simulation lab, 5th floor Students & Faculty: Parking is available in the Wood street or Paulina lot, alternatively street parking is available •	18	19	20
21 Block 5 Start Block 5 Start October 21, 2019 •	22	23 Journal Club Journal Club October 23, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm 507 W Barry Ave, Chicago, IL 60657, USA Hey All! Well, fall is finally here and it's our last Journal Club of the season! Come out for a discussion of status epilepticus and new literature on alternatives to phenytoin as second-line agents. When: Wednesday October 23, 7-9pm Where: We will be hosted this month by Dr. Julie Varga at 507 W Barry Ave, Just as an FYI there is limited parking in the area so recommended that folks bike/uber/train/your preferred method of non driving transit. as always, please RSVP here (we are having issues with people RSVPing and not showing, please plan to attend if you RSVP) The articles: (PDFs attached) A comparison of Parenteral Phenobarbital vs. Parenteral Phenytoin as Second-line Management for Pediatric Convulsive Status Epilepticus in a Resource-Limited Setting - May 2019 Levetiracetam versus phenytoin for second-line treatment of pediatric convulsive status epilepticus (EcLiPSE): a multi-center, open-label, randomized trial - April 2019 If you would like to continue reading about status epilepticus its worth looking at the Pulmcrit Resuscitationist's guide to status epilepticus Looking forward to hearing your approach to seizure management! Best, The JC Team •	24 UIC EM Conference @ Masonic UIC EM Conference @ Masonic October 24, 2019 @ 7:00 am - 12:00 pm Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, 836 W Wellington Ave, Chicago, IL 60657, USA Click link below for the full Conference Announcement & Pre-Readings. How to get to conference at Masonic: Address: 836 Wellington Avenue Chicago, IL 60657 Ringel Rooms: Enter through the main doors, walk past the main bank of elevators, immediately turn left down the first hallway and follow signs to the Center for Education, which will lead you up some stairs and across a bridge. Take the elevator or stairs down to the ground floor, and the Ringel Rooms will be at the end of the hall. Driving: There are garages accessed off Wellington, west of the main hospital, both which charge fees. There is street parking in the surrounding neighborhood, but much of it is permit-only, so pay close attention to signage. Public Transit: Take the train Station (“L”) Brown or Purple Line to Wellington which is on the hospital’s campus. Alternatively, take the CTA Halsted bus #8 or Clark bus #22 bus to Wellington •	25	26 ACEP ACEP October 26, 2019 - October 30, 2019 @ Denver, CO, USA •	27
28	29	30	31 UIC EM Conference @ Lutheran (Oral Boards) UIC EM Conference @ Lutheran (Oral Boards) October 31, 2019 @ 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. •

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UIC EM Conference @ Lutheran
UIC EM Conference @ Lutheran

October 3, 2019 @ 7:00 am - 12:00 pm

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

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OazUxEK-L2OEqKkq50Y3ACtxmPU4WsDJa3WknaNideM/edit?usp=sharing

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.

Hawkeyes
Hawkeyes

October 8, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Hawkeye's Bar & Grill, 1458 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607, USA

Combinded UIC-Cook County Conference
Combinded UIC-Cook County Conference

October 9, 2019 @ 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
1950 W Polk St, Chicago, IL 60612, USA

DISCUSSION ON THE ROLE OF HEALTHCARE IN ADDRESSING THE GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC
October 9, 2019 | 8AM-12PM
Cook County Health, 1950 W Polk St.
Professional Building Room 5501,
Chicago, IL, 60612

UIC EM Conference: Mercy conference @ UIC
UIC EM Conference: Mercy conference @ UIC

October 17, 2019 @ 7:00 am - 12:00 pm
Mile Square Health Center, 1220 S Wood St, Chicago, IL 60608, USA

Click link below for the full Conference Announcement & Pre-Readings.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qA3AdmI93-H5oRKlOUSnIUr3LgO6VHqCl6sM73m1c_o/edit#heading=h.f737mrbtriht

Click here for address and parking Info
Address: Miles Square Health Center Simulation lab, 5th floor

Students & Faculty: Parking is available in the Wood street or Paulina lot, alternatively street parking is available

Block 5 Start
Block 5 Start

October 21, 2019

Journal Club
Journal Club

October 23, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
507 W Barry Ave, Chicago, IL 60657, USA

Hey All!

Well, fall is finally here and it's our last Journal Club of the season! Come out for a discussion of status epilepticus and new literature on alternatives to phenytoin as second-line agents.

When: Wednesday October 23, 7-9pm
Where: We will be hosted this month by Dr. Julie Varga at 507 W Barry Ave, Just as an FYI there is limited parking in the area so recommended that folks bike/uber/train/your preferred method of non driving transit.

as always, please RSVP here (we are having issues with people RSVPing and not showing, please plan to attend if you RSVP)

The articles: (PDFs attached)
A comparison of Parenteral Phenobarbital vs. Parenteral Phenytoin as Second-line Management for Pediatric Convulsive Status Epilepticus in a Resource-Limited Setting - May 2019

Levetiracetam versus phenytoin for second-line treatment of pediatric convulsive status epilepticus (EcLiPSE): a multi-center, open-label, randomized trial - April 2019

If you would like to continue reading about status epilepticus its worth looking at the Pulmcrit Resuscitationist's guide to status epilepticus

Looking forward to hearing your approach to seizure management!

Best,
The JC Team

UIC EM Conference @ Masonic
UIC EM Conference @ Masonic

October 24, 2019 @ 7:00 am - 12:00 pm
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, 836 W Wellington Ave, Chicago, IL 60657, USA

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

How to get to conference at Masonic:

Address: 836 Wellington Avenue Chicago, IL 60657

Ringel Rooms: Enter through the main doors, walk past the main bank of elevators, immediately turn left down the first hallway and follow signs to the Center for Education, which will lead you up some stairs and across a bridge. Take the elevator or stairs down to the ground floor, and the Ringel Rooms will be at the end of the hall.

Driving: There are garages accessed off Wellington, west of the main hospital, both which charge fees. There is street parking in the surrounding neighborhood, but much of it is permit-only, so pay close attention to signage.

Public Transit: Take the train Station (“L”) Brown or Purple Line to Wellington which is on the hospital’s campus. Alternatively, take the CTA Halsted bus #8 or Clark bus #22 bus to Wellington

ACEP
ACEP

October 26, 2019 - October 30, 2019 @
Denver, CO, USA

UIC EM Conference @ Lutheran (Oral Boards)
UIC EM Conference @ Lutheran (Oral Boards)

October 31, 2019 @ 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.

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Knowledge Bomb! Elevate Head of Bed for Intubation

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