Emergency Neurology Lecture Series Summer 2010

Wednesdays, 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.

de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI

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1st Hour

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2nd Hour

July 7 / Pediatric ‘protocols’ at the MCH and the peds neuro exam for adult trainees
[SIMARD-TREMBLAY] / Overview of ELS structure for summer 2010
[ALTMAN]
Bacterial and Non-bacterial CNS Infections & Review LP technique
[AL-SALTI & MCDOWELL]
July 14 / “Approach to” week
1.  ‘Dizzy’ patient; central vs. peripheral
[POLIQUIN-LASNIER]
2.  Syncope vs. seizure
[TAWAKUL] / The thunderclap headache
·  CT/LP for SAH
·  Acute migraine management, including status migrainosus
[YU]
July 21 / Cord Compression: recognition, who to call?
·  Cauda vs. conus
[XIA & AL-SHAHOUMI] / Exam Review
Blumenfeld / case based teaching 1 (moderator = ALTMAN)
July 28 / Dr. Teitelbaum Session / Neuromuscular Emergencies
·  Acute polyneuropathies
·  Acute NMJ / myopathies
[Derghazarian & DARWICH]
August 4 / Central demyelinating emergencies (CIS / MS, ADEM)
[AL-WADEI] / Pediatric “approach to” common consults
[BENINI]
August 11 / Neuro-ophtalmologic emergencies including acute visual loss
[GEDDES] / Blumenfeld / case based teaching 2 (moderator = AL-HASHMI)
August 18 / Seizures in the ER: Recognition, classification, new onset, convulsive and NCS.
[KEEZER] / Intracranial hemorrhage and emergency management of elevated ICP
[AL-BUSTANI]
August 25 / TIAs, subacute stroke management
? overview of MNI-H protocol with stroke neurologists and neuro-radiologists [ALTMAN] / Blumenfeld / case based teaching 3 (moderator = GEDDES)
Sept 1 / Established ischaemic stroke and the role of lytics (chemical and mechanical) and surgery
[JONES] / Urea Cycle Defects and Other Metabolic Emergencies
[DUFRESNE & MARIE-PIERRE]

Instructions for Presenters:

This year, residents from R2 through R5 have been asked to prepare one lecture for the Emergency Neurology Lecture Series. The R4 or R5 will meet with all the R2’s at the end of the first lecture (July 7th) to help them with the preparation of their presentation.

The presentation should be approximately 45 minutes long with time for questions. You may use Powerpoint or any other means of presentation you wish. The presentation should focus on a practical “approach to” the subject and management topics and should stay clear of detailed pathophysiological explanations and complex analyses of the literature. It should be geared to a basic junior resident level (i.e., information found in textbooks and review articles). The goal is to provide a practical approach to the common and important neurological emergencies. Your intended audience is junior residents new to neurology as well as internal medicine and emergency medicine residents (or staff) who are also invited to the lectures.

Of note, we have taken out ‘acute intoxication syndromes’ and ‘brain death / coma’ section seeing as we are rarely called urgently to handle these matters. If you so desire, these can be covered at another time during the academic year or be re-inserted to the ELS next year.

The second half of the ELS is a hodge-podge of pediatric neurologic ER consultations (including a much anticipated overview of the pediatric neuro exam) and a new session intended to tackle clinical problem solving skills. This is intended to be a dynamic, interactive session whereby a senior resident will act as a moderator and guide a more junior resident or medical student through the thought process and neuroanatomy relevant to the problem at hand. Minimal-to-no preparation is expected, this is intended to be an educational experience for both the junior, as a learner, and the senior as an educator.

The list of topics has been prepared before the vacation schedules have been finalized, in order to give everyone the time necessary to prepare the topics well. If changes are necessary, they will be made as soon as the vacation schedule is ready. Additional changes thereafter can be made among yourselves, so long as you inform the chief residents by email at as well as Nadia / Sunita at .

Please email your presentation to Nadia / Sunita for posting on the neurology program website after they have been given.

Please email us with any questions, comments, or concerns at .

Thanks,

Robert Altman

Mark Keezer

Michelle-Lee Jones