Brief presentations of current topics in Emergency Medicine based upon our senior resident morning reports
Thank you to Dr. Aherne for this edition of Morning Report, Gamekeeper’s Thumb/Skier’s Thumb Injury to the Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) of the thumb True gamekeeper’s thumb is a chronic condition, due to repeated valgus force on MCP joint while killing or carrying game, leading to insufficiency of the Read more…
Thank you to Dr. Backster for today’s Morning Report with some clinical pearls on lightning injuries: . Lighting strikes Neg charged lightning: more common, occurs within the storm Pos charged lightning: stronger, longer exposure, & can occur miles from the storm Mechanisms of injury from lightning: electrical (direct or Read more…
The Dr. Audrey Tan Advice Column Practical Advice. Not so sexy but definitely necessary. ABSCESSES To pack or not to pack to prevent recurrent/repeat infection? 7 prior controlled studies suggesting that packing prolongs wound healing times without decreasing abscess recurrence rates BUT poor studies and most compared packing with primary Read more…
From the case files of Dr. Wendy Lau, Emergency Physician: An 11 year old male with no significant past medical history presents with chest pain x 5 hours. Patient states the pain started suddenly while running in school. The pain is sharp, mid-sternal, and worse on inspiration. The patient denies Read more…