Is Age Just a Number When Cracking Chests?
Have you considered age when determining whether a resuscitative thoracotomy (RT) is indicated? You’re not alone; over 1/3 of trauma surgeons surveyed consider age before performing a RT.
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Conference Pearls: August
A highlight of the key points from out core faculty at Saint Joseph’s Regional Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency Conference.
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REBEL Core Cast 57.0 – Crush Your Rotation
Chief Resident EJ Wright and Core Faculty Anand Swaminathan provide helpful insight on how to crush your EM rotation.
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Pelvic Trauma
Pelvic trauma is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Prompt recognition and treatment of pelvic injury in the trauma patient is key. Stabilization of both patient & pelvis are paramount.
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July Conference Pearls
A highlight of Saint Joseph’s Regional Medical Center July emergency medicine conference.
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Ultrasound-Guided Lumbar Puncture
A 68-year old obese female with a past medical history of osteoarthritis, diabetes, and cervical spinal fusion presents to the Emergency Department (ED) complaining of generalized weakness for the last week. In addition, she reports that she had cold symptoms approximately one week before the onset of her weakness. Upon further questioning, the patient also reports numbness and tingling of her bilateral lower extremities. The review of systems is otherwise negative.
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Mycoplasma Pneumonia-Associated Mucositis
A 15-year-old female, with no past medical history, presented to the pediatric emergency department with cough and fever after being discharge with a diagnosis pneumonia two days prior. A chest x-ray on her first visit showed a single left lower lobe infiltrate and she was subsequently prescribed amoxicillin for suspected community acquired pneumonia (Figure 1). Upon return to emergency department, the patient complained of worsening symptoms, including dysphagia, secondary to sores in her mouth that developed after being discharge.
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READ MORECongenital Pediatric Heart Disease
Congenital Pediatric Heart Disease – Board Review (PDF with pictures) Basic Pathophysiology Fetal Circulation Have shunts to bypass liquid filled
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A lion used to prowl about a field in which Four Oxen used to dwell. Many a time he tried
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Adrenal Crisis, by Dr Nilesh Patel -Also known as acute adrenal insufficiency or Addisonian crisis -No universally accepted definition. Proposed
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Trauma Month!
We love us some trauma here at Joes! Check out our favorite sources of FOMED that supplemented our Tintinalli readings!
READ MORENitrous Oxide in the Pre-hospital setting
Nitrous Oxide in the Pre-hospital Setting Nitrous Oxide in the Pre-hospital Setting By: Gregory Cassidy M.D., PGY3 Nitrous oxide is
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