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Procedures Renal/Genitourinary Trauma Ultrasound and Radiology

Not Too FAST: Which RUQ view is positive for free fluid?

FAST Views Authors: Allison Lee, MD, Nicole Anthony, MD Question: Below are several right upper quadrant (RUQ) views obtained from unique Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) exams over the past month at KCHC. Which RUQ view is positive for free fluid? 1 ____________________________________________ 2 ____________________________________________ 3 ____________________________________________ 4 Read more…

By Marie J Murphy, MD MPH, 2 yearsMay 24, 2022 ago

Evidence-Based Medicine Pharmacology Trauma

Pain Management After the Emergency Department

“So, what are you going to give me for the pain, doc?” “I don’t want to have to come back because of the pain.” We’ve all heard it before. After having received any myriad of pain strategies to ensure you didn’t undermanage their pain in the emergency room: The patient Read more…

By solgershane, 2 yearsNovember 11, 2021 ago

Trauma

Chest Tube Complications

Author: Shane Solger, MD & Andrea Greene, MD, MPH Reviewed by Leon Boudourakis, MD Deciding is easy. An obese patient with a flail chest needs a chest tube. You “gown up”, create your sterile field, position the patient, make the cut…blood seeps out and doubt rushes in. What if Read more…

By solgershane, 3 yearsJune 10, 2021 ago

Evidence-Based Medicine Trauma

Does Prehospital TXA Get the STAAMP of Approval?

Author: Jonathan McMahon, DO, MA Edited by: Robert Allen, MD; Noah Berland, MD Tranexamic Acid (TXA) has been in the literature a lot recently. Between the HALT-IT trial for its use in GI bleed, CRASH-2 and MATTERs for its use in trauma victims, WOMAN for TXA for postpartum hemorrhage, CRASH-3 Read more…

By Jonathan McMahon, 3 yearsJanuary 26, 2021 ago

Trauma

Revisiting the Repeat Head CT after Minor Head Trauma

Author: Shane Solger, MD Edited by: Andrea Greene, MD, MPH Just Another Minor Head Trauma? When a healthy, middle-aged Joe with minor head trauma buys himself a CT scan in the ED, he can often be discharged from the ED after a short period of observation, barring any other concerning Read more…

By solgershane, 3 yearsDecember 31, 2020 ago

EM Principles Otolaryngology/Dental Procedures Trauma

Teaching Shift Series- Dental Emergencies

Reviewed By Dr James Willis Edited By Noah Berland This Post is based on Teaching Shifts from the following residents: Drs. Noah Berland, Priscilla Chao, and Hope Taitt Case 1: A 38-year-old female with PMH of HTN, DM presents after assault with blunt maxillofacial trauma. No LOC. The primary survey Read more…

By Noah Berland, 4 yearsOctober 9, 2020 ago

© 2020 American Academy of Ophthalmology

Trauma Visual Diagnosis

Picture Blog: Answer

(Featured image from © 2020 American Academy of Ophthalmology at http://www.aao.org) Patient presentation: A 65-year-old woman presents to your ED complaining of pain in her left eye. She says that she was walking past a construction site and suddenly felt left eye pain. She says that she cannot see out of her Read more…

By elim, 4 yearsJanuary 23, 2020 ago

Trauma Visual Diagnosis

Picture Blog – Acute Eye Pain

A 65-year-old woman presents to your ED complaining of pain in her left eye. She says that she was walking past a construction site and suddenly felt left eye pain. She says that she cannot see out of her left eye at all and is very concerned. What is the Read more…

By elim, 4 yearsJanuary 20, 2020 ago

Policy and Administration Trauma

Guns, Politics, and the Emergency Department

This article has been reposted from it’s original source, EM Resident, https://www.emra.org/emresident/article/gun-violence/ What is our role as physicians in confronting the intersection of politics and health? After the November 2018 workplace shooting and killing of one of our emergency physician colleagues,1 a Facebook group called EMDocs exploded in controversy over a discussion Read more…

By Noah Berland, 5 yearsMarch 8, 2019 ago

EM-Critical Care Orthopedics Trauma

Is delta pressure accurate for compartment syndrome?

As you sit down at your workstation to finally catch up on some of those notes you’ve been putting off until the end of your shift, one of the nurses comes to notify you… “You remember that patient in room 4 with the leg pain? This is her urine…” You Read more…

By tsconrad, 5 yearsFebruary 13, 2019 ago

Trauma

Evidence-based articles on management of trauma in the emergency department

Procedures Renal/Genitourinary Trauma Ultrasound and Radiology

Not Too FAST: Which RUQ view is positive for free fluid?

Evidence-Based Medicine Pharmacology Trauma

Pain Management After the Emergency Department

Trauma

Chest Tube Complications

Evidence-Based Medicine Trauma

Does Prehospital TXA Get the STAAMP of Approval?

Trauma

Revisiting the Repeat Head CT after Minor Head Trauma

EM Principles Otolaryngology/Dental Procedures Trauma

Teaching Shift Series- Dental Emergencies

Trauma Visual Diagnosis

Picture Blog: Answer

Trauma Visual Diagnosis

Picture Blog – Acute Eye Pain

Policy and Administration Trauma

Guns, Politics, and the Emergency Department

EM-Critical Care Orthopedics Trauma

Is delta pressure accurate for compartment syndrome?

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