Publications by authors named "Leah Bralow"

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  • This training session is aimed at emergency medicine residents, focusing on Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) Triage using the START and JumpSTART algorithms to prepare them for disaster response leadership.* -
  • Participants engage in a combination of online learning and high-pressure simulations to practice and apply triage techniques for both adult and pediatric victims in simulated emergency situations.* -
  • Feedback from residents indicates that the session was highly beneficial, and their retention of the learned triage skills was assessed through a quiz four months later.*
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Introduction:  The practice of learning from medical errors is well-established and well-researched in the literature on morbidity and mortality conferences. However, durable learning from case-based education occurs not only through the analysis of medical errors but also through the evaluation of how critical decisions were made to result in a positive clinical outcome, what we will call a "good save." The aim of the current study is to provide an overview of how US-based emergency medicine residencies are teaching using "good saves.

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Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic presented unpredicted challenges to Emergency Medicine (EM) education. The rapid onset of the pandemic created clinical, operational, administrative, and home-life challenges for virtually every member of the medical education community, demanding an educational and professional response at all levels including undergraduate medical education (UME), graduate medical education (GME), and faculty. The Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine (CORD) COVID-19 Educational Impact Task Force was established in 2021 to examine these effects and the response of the EM educational community.

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Introduction: Arterial gas embolism (AGE) is a rare but severe complication of scuba diving. While AGE is most commonly encountered in coastal areas with high volumes of recreational divers, at-risk populations exist throughout the United States, making basic knowledge of the disease important for all emergency medicine (EM) physicians.

Methods: We used a hypothetical simulation case to train EM residents on diagnosis and management of AGE.

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