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Andrew Arcand, EM Cases, Episodes, felon, flexor tenosynovitis, hook of the hamate fracture, Laura Tate, Medical Specialty, Orthopaedics, Plastics, Trauma
Episode 29b: Hand Emergencies Part 2
Part 2 of Hand Emergencies with Dr. Laura Tate & Dr. Andrew Arcand. The post Episode 29b: Hand Emergencies Part 2 appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.
Anton Helman | January 25, 2015
Andrew Arcand, EM Cases, Episodes, felon, flexor tenosynovitis, hook of the hamate fracture, Laura Tate, Medical Specialty, Orthopaedics, Plastics, Trauma
Episode 29b: Hand Emergencies Part 2
Part 2 of Hand Emergencies with Dr. Laura Tate & Dr. Andrew Arcand. The post Episode 29b: Hand Emergencies Part 2 appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.
Anton Helman | January 25, 2015
clinical decision instruments, clinical decision rules, clinical decision tools, Clinical Practice, congestive heart failure, COPD, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Hans Rosenberg, Ian Stiell, risk scales, risk stratification, syncope, TIA, Trauma
Episode 56 The Stiell Sessions: Clinical Decision Rules and Risk Scales
There are hundreds of clinical decision rules and risk scales published in the medical literature, some more widely adopted than others. Ian Stiell, the father of clinical decision rules, shares...
Anton Helman | December 30, 2014
clinical decision instruments, clinical decision rules, clinical decision tools, Clinical Practice, congestive heart failure, COPD, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Hans Rosenberg, Ian Stiell, risk scales, risk stratification, syncope, TIA, Trauma
Episode 56 The Stiell Sessions: Clinical Decision Rules and Risk Scales
There are hundreds of clinical decision rules and risk scales published in the medical literature, some more widely adopted than others. Ian Stiell, the father of clinical decision rules, shares...
Anton Helman | December 30, 2014
clinical decision instruments, clinical decision rules, clinical decision tools, Clinical Practice, congestive heart failure, COPD, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Hans Rosenberg, Ian Stiell, risk scales, risk stratification, syncope, TIA, Trauma
Episode 56 The Stiell Sessions: Clinical Decision Rules and Risk Scales
There are hundreds of clinical decision rules and risk scales published in the medical literature, some more widely adopted than others. Ian Stiell, the father of clinical decision rules, shares...
Anton Helman | December 30, 2014
Expert Peer Reviewed (Clinical), Pre Publication Critique (Clinical), Trauma, Ultrasound, Ultrasound for the Win
US4TW Case: 30M with Blunt Abdominal Trauma
Welcome to another ultrasound-based case, part of the “Ultrasound For The Win!” (#US4TW) Case Series. In this peer-reviewed case series, we focus on real clinical cases where bedside ultrasound changed management...
Jeffrey Shih, MD, RDMS | October 28, 2014
Expert Peer Reviewed (Clinical), Radiology, Trauma
Blunt Chest Trauma: Validation of the NEXUS Chest Rule
We commonly see patients who have some form of blunt chest trauma. This is the result of motor vehicle collisions, falls, and a myriad of other traumatic events. The decision...
Eric Morley, MD | October 14, 2014
apophyseal, DRUJ, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Hossein Mehdian, Ivy Cheng, Lisfranc, Orthopaedics, perilunate, Trauma
Episode 52: Commonly Missed Uncommon Orthopedic Injuries
We rarely discuss medico-legal issues on EM Cases because it misguides us a bit from good patient centered care – which is what emergency medicine is really all about. Nonetheless,...
Anton Helman | October 13, 2014
apophyseal, DRUJ, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Hossein Mehdian, Ivy Cheng, Lisfranc, Orthopaedics, perilunate, Trauma
Episode 52: Commonly Missed Uncommon Orthopedic Injuries
We rarely discuss medico-legal issues on EM Cases because it misguides us a bit from good patient centered care – which is what emergency medicine is really all about. Nonetheless,...
Anton Helman | October 13, 2014
apophyseal, DRUJ, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Hossein Mehdian, Ivy Cheng, Lisfranc, Orthopaedics, perilunate, Trauma
Episode 52: Commonly Missed Uncommon Orthopedic Injuries
We rarely discuss medico-legal issues on EM Cases because it misguides us a bit from good patient centered care – which is what emergency medicine is really all about. Nonetheless,...
Anton Helman | October 13, 2014
Radiology, Trauma
Top 10 Reasons NOT to Order a CT Pan Scan in a Stable Blunt Trauma Patient
The pendulum has swung one way with CT for trauma, but has it gone too far? Liberal use of CT raises concerns over resource utilization, cost, and the consequences of radiation exposure...
Daniel Firestone, MD RDMS | October 6, 2014
Pediatrics, Trauma
Vomiting in Kids After Head Trauma: To CT or Not to CT?
A 6-year-old male is brought to the emergency department (ED) after falling from the monkey bars at a local playground. Physical examination reveals no scalp hematoma, and the child appears...
William Paolo, MD | September 18, 2014
Trauma, Tricks of the Trade, video
Trick of the Trade: V-to-Y flap laceration repair for tension wounds
You see a patient with a large V-shaped laceration under tension requiring suture repair. Resist the temptation to simply pull the edges together and close the laceration with simple interrupted...
Brian Lin, MD | August 16, 2014

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