Publications by authors named "Kris Brickman"
Background: Acute augmentation of stress and disruption of training, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic, may impact resident wellbeing.
Objectives: We investigated how residents in various specialties in the United States were impacted by COVID-19 on mental wellbeing and resilience levels, and the methodology for coping with the stress incurred.
Methods: In April 2020, the authors electronically surveyed 200 residency programs of all specialties nationally.
This retrospective case series is used to describe a refined technique for the aspiration and drainage of auricular hematoma that is simple, cost-effective, and allows for rapid recovery. Patients, all high school males participating in competitive wrestling, were enrolled voluntarily after risks and benefits were discussed, and consent was obtained. Criteria for enrollment included acute auricular hematoma of at least 2 cm in size with occurrence no greater than 3 weeks before presentation, and no overt signs of infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The objective was to introduce a public health promotion specialist (PHPS) into the hospital emergency department (ED) to provide a brief health promotion intervention to patients and to determine the effect of the initiative on patient satisfaction.
Methods: Patients in the intervention group were offered and received a 5- to 10-minute presentation about exercise, heart health, healthy eating on a budget, or weight control by a trained PHPS. Patients in the control group received usual ED care.
Objective: To evaluate the use of prophylactic oral fluconazole in reducing the incidence of tinea gladiatorum in high school wrestlers.
Design: A prospective longitudinal study was conducted on high school wrestlers in northwest Ohio between 1997 and 2007.
Setting: Two northwest Ohio high school wrestling teams.