Browsing: Trauma

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Critical Care , Trauma

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Can't-Miss Diagnosis and Management

12/1/2020 Blake Briggs, MD , Marlena Wosiski-Kuhn, MD, PhD
Subarachnoid hemorrhage is a terrifying, relatively frequent cause of intracranial bleeding. It has a significant degree of morbidity and mortality - and therefore is a can't-miss diagnosis.
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Trauma , Social EM , EMS

The Riot Trauma: What Injuries Should You Expect From Non-Lethal Police Weapons and Protests?

12/1/2020 Sriram Venkatesan, FAWM , Capt. Yev Maksimenko, MD, MA, DiMM, FAWM, FP-C
Protests have become a more common occurrence in 2020, and emergency physicians are seeing an increase in riot-related injuries in their hospitals. Become familiar with the weapons in the tactical and
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OB/GYN , Trauma

Plus One: Care of the Pregnant Trauma Patient

8/17/2020 R. Gentry Wilkerson, MD, FACEPP , Youssef Annous, MD , Yasmin Hasbini, MD
Management of a pregnant trauma patient can be challenging, you must be aware of the anatomical and physiological changes of pregnancy in addition to the clinical implications these changes have in a
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Trauma

Pressure! Pushing Down on Me, Pushing Down on You: The Underlying Danger of Pressure Washer Injuries

4/23/2020 Morgan Ritz, MD , Ana Davitt, MD
Although high-pressure injection injuries may only leave small superficial wounds, they can create widespread multilayer soft tissue injuries, deep-space infections, and lead to compartment syndrome.
Orthopedics , Trauma

Forearm Strangulation: An Interesting Cause of Compartment Syndrome

12/16/2019 Amy E. Mulcahy, PA-C, MS, PHPE , Brendan A. Mulcahy, DO, PHP, PA-C
Investigate the pressure of this tangled case of a patient with a limb-threatening injury at first discharged home in the absence of a fracture.
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Toxicology , Disaster Medicine , Trauma

So I Watched CHERNOBYL… Now What? Revisiting Acute Radiation Syndrome

10/10/2019 Leslie Crosby, MD , Laura Roper, MD , Dorian Jacobs, MD
A targeted look at the effects of radiation sickness and what measures to take for decontamination and initial treatment.
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Neurology , Trauma

Jackhammer Dissection

8/13/2019 Mary Katherine Montes de Oca , Zane P. Osborne, MD, MBA, FACEP , Sarah E. Fabiano, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
If a patient presents with recent trauma, neck pain, headache or neck manipulation with signs or symptoms of stroke, cervical artery dissection should be considered.
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Trauma , Prehospital Care , EMS

The Use of Low Titer Group O Whole Blood in Emergency Medicine

10/17/2018 Christa A. L. Arefieva, MS, MSIV , Bryan Chen, MD , Theodore T. Redman, MD, MPH , Andrew D. Fisher, MPAS, PA-C, LP
Trauma is the leading cause of death for people ages 46 and younger in the U.S. - yet up to 20% of trauma deaths are potentially survivable. Can the use of low titer Group O whole blood improve outcom
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Trauma , Hematology

A Simplified Treatment-Based Approach to TEG and ROTEM

6/11/2018 Adam Morcom, MD
It's becoming more common to use thromboelastography and rotational thromboelastometry in the ED. What's your comfort level with TEG and ROTEM?
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Trauma

Modern Trends in Blast Injuries

6/10/2018 Kristen Whitworth, DO , Tiffany Proffitt, DO, MABS , Jesse Kellar, MD, MBA, FACEP
Emergency physicians need to know what types of injuries can result from explosions. Start by understanding the 4 categories of blast injuries.

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