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VTE Prophylaxis in Trauma Patients
Purpose Venous thromboembolism (VTE), in the form of either deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE), can result in significantly increased morbidity and mortality for patients. Trauma patients, in particular, are at increased risk for developmen...
Adult ICU Electrolyte Replacement
Purpose To define patients eligible for the electrolyte replacement protocol; to define the process for a provider to order the electrolyte replacement protocol; for a nurse to order and administer electrolyte replacement using this protocol; for a pharmacis...
REBOA Instructions
This page is intended to serve as a quick reference for easy access to the REBOA kit instructions. The information and images are directly from the insertion instructions, and were obtained from http://prytimemedical.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ER-REBOA-Cat...
Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction (ASBO) Management
WELLNESS/RESILIENCY RESOURCES DOCUMENT
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has several resources in place to address workplace stress, burnout, depression and suicide. These resources will be useful in proactively identifying any colleagues exhibiting any signs and symptoms of burnout, depres...
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION RESOURCE DOCUMENT
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION (DEI) LEARNING RESOURCES AND TOOLKITS ACGME Equity Matters: https://www.acgme.org/what-we-do/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/ACGME-Equity-Matters/ACGME DEI Officers Forum: Email [email protected] to joinAmerican Academy of Fa...
ACGME Competencies and UNMC Scholarly Activities
UNMC Graduate Medical Education: Meeting the ACGME Core Competencies Competency Definition UNMC GME Professionalism CPR IV.B.1.a) : Residents/Fellows must demonstrate a commitment to professionalism and an adherence to ethical principles. • COP...
Preventing Physician Depression and Suicide
Department of Psychiatry UNMC Top causes of death among residents #1 Neoplastic #2 Suicide Higher rates of death early in residency (first two years) Unchanged over the last 15 years Yaghmour et al. Causes of Death of Residents in ACGME-Accredi...
Physician Impairment and Substance Use Disorder
UNMC Psychiatry presentation Physician Impairment “The inability to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety to patients by reason of physical or mental illness, including deterioration through the aging process, the loss of motor skills, or the...
CCS Orientation
Trauma Orientation
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EGS Orientation
Care of Patients with Rib Fractures
Purpose Rib fractures occur in approximately 10% of patients with traumatic injury. They are associated with greater injury burden especially when coupled with head, extremity, abdominal and blunt cardiac injury. Mortality rates increase with the number of fr...
Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures (SSRF or Rib Plating)
Purpose Surgical Stabilization of rib fractures should be considered in patients with flail chest, flail sternum, and painful rib fractures associated with movement that have been refractory to conventional pain management in order to improve morbidity and mo...
Perforated Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD) Management
Ogilvie’s (Acute Colonic Pseudo-obstruction) Management
Mangled Extremity Management
Purpose: To aid in the rapid evaluation of a trauma patient presenting with a severely injured limb, providing a decision-making tool for limb salvage vs. amputation in a multidisciplinary fashion. Background: Patients with a mangled extremity, defined as an ...
Mangled Extremity Management
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Electrolyte Replacement Protocol