Menu
From Dr. Chris Reisig: Opportunity to volunteer with Cornell Emergency Medicine Interest Group
The Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG) at Weill Cornell Medicine is looking for a few residents to help out with our intubation workshop Thursday, October 14th from 6:30-8:30pm in the Sim Center! Come meet med students interested in Emergency Medicine, enjoy some free food (take-home due to COVID), and teach some basic clinical skills. Please contact Leslie Bull (leb4009@med.cornell.edu) or Chris Reisig (chr2019@med.cornell.edu) if interested!
Good morning,
I am the new Chair at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, LA, recruited here to build an academic department. Things are really taking off with gusto as there was already a really fantastic group of faculty physicians in place; we are a tertiary referral site for a large network of hospitals and see ~70,000+ patient visits/year through our ED; we are already in our second year of our EM residency and the institution has ~30 residency/fellowship programs in total (robust GME presence); and we are the home of the UQ-Ochsner Clinical School (our medical students spend the first two years at University of Queensland and the final two years here with us). We have set our foundation, and now we are working on adding depth to our niches and adding an Associate/Assistant Residency Program Director. It is a really exciting time of growth here. I have a passion for education (was the Vice Chair for Education / Residency Program Director at Vanderbilt before taking on this new opportunity). So, if you have any faculty who are also passionate about resident/fellow education and looking for a really great new opportunity, please send them my way. Posting is below and attached as well for a more formal description.
Thanks,
Nicole McCoin
Former Columbia APD and now Baylor PD Aleksandr “Sasha” Tichter posted that “Baylor College of Medicine in sunny Houston, TX has openings for full-time faculty of all academic ranks to join our growing department.”
Volunteer with Adam Blumenberg at the NYC Marathon
I’d like to invite you to volunteer with me at the New York City Marathon on November 7!
The New York City Marathon is among the largest marathons with runners joining from all over the world. There are usually over 50,000 runners who cross the finish line. Many of the runners require acute medical care during or immediately after the race, and come in droves to the finish line medical tent.
I have done medical volunteering for the NYC marathon before and plan to be there this year on November 7 as a licensed attending. It is an awesome experience. This is a wonderful opportunity to see another side of medicine and I recommend it for anyone with an interest in event medicine, sports medicine, mass-casualty events (yes really), and rapid triage. I hope you will consider joining me at the race!
If you would like to volunteer go to this website, and sign up! I set up a group called “Columbia Emergency Medicine” so please make sure to request that group. Even though the organization cannot 100% guarantee that we will be together at the finish line, I emailed with them directly and they say they expect they can do it!
If you have any questions please email me!
Best,
Adam
Campus Announcements
Colleagues,
We want to thank all of you for your hard work and contributions. We are dedicated to your continued professional growth. Some of you may find it difficult to find time to read or listen to inspirational stories. Blinkist is here to help! Blinkist would like to thank you for your work on the frontlines and your resilience over the past year and a half.
We are excited to provide you with one year access to Blinkist – for free!
Blinkist is an app that transforms key insights from the most relevant nonfiction books and podcasts into powerful explainers you can read or listen to in just 15 minutes — anytime, anywhere!
With Blinkist you can:
- Save time by getting key ideas from the world’s expert thinkers in 15 minutes or less
- Expand your knowledge and horizon with 4,500+ nonfiction bestsellers in 27 categories
- Increase your skillset anytime, anywhere with an award-winning, audio-first, mobile-first app
Millions of people are using the knowledge from the Blinkist app to:
- Improve leadership skills
- Make more informed decisions
- Stay updated and connected to the world
- Have better personal interactions
- Experiment and try out new things
- Overcome challenges
The Blinkist content is the collective effort of expert authors, readers, narrators, and curators, to create genuine value for people who love to learn. Their library spans 27 categories and 150 different topics—so you can truly explore whatever excites you!
Some categories you can choose from:
- Mindfulness & Happiness
- Psychology
- Personal Development
- Motivation & Inspiration
- Health & Nutrition
- Philosophy
- Society & Culture
- Leadership & Management
To sign up, follow the instructions in this onboarding guide here or follow these steps:
- Go to Blinkist.com
- Tap on ‘Log in’
- Tap on ‘You don’t have an account’
- Create an account with your Columbia email address and your desired password. Residents, you will need to use your Columbia email for access
- Download the Blinkist app vie the App Store or Google Play Store (after you have registered via blinkist.com)
- Log in with your created credentials
- Confirm email address (mail arrives within 1 hour)
- Activate subscription (mail arrives within first 24h)
- You’re logged in
- Read! Be inspired! Revitalize!
Please let us know if you have any questions. Many thanks to Blinkist for this generous gift to the members of our Department. We look forward to some recommended reads from you all.
Enjoy,
Angela, Penny & the Blinkist Team
Now live! – ED-to-VUC Referrals for Monoclonal Antibody Infusion – (attached job aid and criteria for eligability)
Ordering monoclonal antibodies for Covid positive or exposed patients is complicated. To offload the ED providers, all monoclonal antibody orders will be routed through the Virtual Urgent Care. From those I have shown how to do this, the feedback is… it is really easy!
Patients at risk: Over 65, liver, lung, kidney disease, DM, HIV, BMI>25, hard hit groups +MORE….see attached document, this doc is also up in ED bays LMH and WCM
Who qualifies for MAB? (See criteria document attached)
1) Patients who are at risk and EXPOSED to COVID
2) Patients who are at risk and COVID + within 10 days of symptom onset
What does current evidence suggest?
– 85% reduction in need for hospitalization, reduction in death
How do I connect a patient who I am discharging to MAB Therapy? (See screenshot below and PDF attached)
– Use the box in “Common Follow-Ups” under DISPO tab in Epic.
– Fill out pop-up box content.
– Patient will receive discharge instructions on how to do the VUC appointment.
– Patients who fail to make a VUC appointment will receive a telephone call to help troubleshoot.
Where is there more information?
– Our AA and AOC leaders will be able to help with this process during shifts.
From Dr. Robby Tanouye: Long IVs are now stocked in IV carts
Per request from several ED Residents, who noticed a stocking gap in the two (2) WC A Bay IV carts. Thank you for your work on placing US-guided IV’s and hope this makes it a touch easier
Big thanks to our WC Nursing leadership and to David & Bill for the good idea. David & Bill, feel free to spot check this for us and let me know directly.
From Cornell leadership: Reminder about Community Para-Telemedicine program
Cornell ops/leadership has implemented CTP (Community Tele-Paramedicine) to improve post-ED care for our community and to minimize avoidable admissions. As senior residents managing the bay and thinking of all your patients’ disposition, please keep an eye out for patients that meet the criteria and refer them appropriately. It’s a few extra steps but it can really help minimize boarding and overcrowding in the ED.
Who: Cornell ED patients with cellulitis, heart failure exacerbation, pneumonia, sub-segmental PE, syncope, COPD/asthma, dehydration/AKI + must meet other enrollment criteria (please see attached pdf for details)
When: Patient can be discharged from ED and be seen in the next 1-2 days (M-F for now)
What: After discharge, patients will be scheduled for a paramedic visit at home + ED provider televisit. During their visit they will have their vitals/weight/POS FS checked, receive med rec, and in some cases receive medications.
How:
- Please use the CTP referral tab in Epic’s Dispo tab AND email Jeanette and Rachel, the CTP care managers: Jeanette Melchor <ejm9017@nyp.org>, Rachel Bestritsky <rab4011@med.cornell.edu>
- Jeanette (Elizabeth) and Rachel are also available during business hours on Epic Haiku Chat to discuss potential cases. Please feel free to reach out to the AOC or AA if you are unsure if a case is appropriate for CTP referral
October 13 - PEM Made Practical - Ortho/rashes
Time
Topic
Speaker
- 08:00 - 11:00
- Simulations and Small Group Sessions
WCMC PEM Faculty
- 11:00 - 12:00
- Cornell Morbidity & Mortality
Dr. Emerson Floyd
NYPEM PGY-4
Shout out to our entire residency fam for your continued hard work!
Chief on Call
Ryan Latulipe, M.D.
EM Chiefs’ Cell: 917-410-1056
- Please call and do not text/ email so we can address issues promptly.
- If you do not hear back within 10 minutes, then call any of the other chiefs