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Dr. Laura Tate, plastic surgeon extraordinaire, presents her best hand emergency case. In the upcoming episode, she and Dr. Andrew Arcand will discuss key pearls and pitfalls in the recognition and management of flexor tenosynovitis, high pressure injection injuries, fight bites, hook of the hammate fractures, gamekeeper's thumb and many more potentially devastating hand emergencies. The post Best Case Ever 14: High Pressure Injection Injury appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

Dr. Laura Tate, plastic surgeon extraordinaire, presents her best hand emergency case. In the upcoming episode, she and Dr. Andrew Arcand will discuss key pearls and pitfalls in the recognition and management of flexor tenosynovitis, high pressure injection injuries, fight bites, hook of the hammate fractures, gamekeeper's thumb and many more potentially devastating hand emergencies. The post Best Case Ever 14: High Pressure Injection Injury appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

Why do most of us dread patients who complain of dizziness in the ED? Because it is so vague, and the differential is so broad from elusive posterior cerebellar strokes to ear wax clogging up our ear canals. And this is one of those diagnoses where the differential really depends upon performing a thorough physical examination.  Think really hard, when is the last time you focused upon getting a complete and accurate physical examination? In medical school, there are courses dedicated to the art. I always laugh when I think of my neurology attending who just loved to bang on different parts of the body with his reflex hammer to elicit cool reflexes.

I just don’t have time to join Twitter. Are you serious, Twitter? Being in the minority of medical providers who use Twitter for work, these are common responses I hear. I would make the counter argument that it has given me opportunities to learn, collaborate, and share on a much more efficient level. 

This is the last installment of Dr. Rahul Patwari’s digital whiteboard video talks on ACLS, specifically focusing on post-resuscitation care and therapeutic hypothermia. Parts 1-3 (ACLS and airway) Parts 4-6 (ACLS: cardiac arrest) Parts 7-10 (ACLS: bradycardias and tachycardias)