Since this week was a class day, I’ve included some topics that have come up on my shifts recently. Enjoy! Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury – does every cervical seatbelt sign need a CTA? EAST Guidelines: https://www.east.org/education/practice-management-guidelines/blunt-cerebrovascular-injury PV Summary card from ALIEM: http://www.aliem.com/2011/paucis-verbis-imaging-for-blunt/ Discussion from EMRAP on pediatric population: https://www.emrap.org/episode/nov/traumasurgeons Some tricks of the trade …
Category: ENT
FOAM of the Week 8/25/15 – ENT Emergencies, Ocular Ultrasound, Palliative Care
A whole bunch of ENT stuff for this week. Some palliative care and ocular ultrasound too! A discussion of a wide variety of ENT topics including many covered today from Emergency Medicine Cases – good written summaries at the bottom of the page too if you don’t want to listen to the podcast! http://emergencymedicinecases.com/ent-emergencies/ Tracheoinnominate fistula …
FOAM of the Week 8/18/15 – Pediatric Foreign Bodies, Ophthalmology
Pediatric Foreign Bodies – Kids like to put things in places they don’t belong. Here’s some tips on diagnosis and removal techniques from Pediatric EM Morsels and Don’t Forget the Bubbles blogs: http://dontforgetthebubbles.com/foreign-body-aspiration/ http://pedemmorsels.com/nasal-foreign-bodies-positive-pressure-technique/ http://pedemmorsels.com/ear-foreign-body/ Should I dilate that eye? http://emblog.mayo.edu/discussion/dare-to-dilate-evaluation-of-acute-visual-loss-in-the-emergency-department/ Some great ophthalmology differentials for various visual complaints from LITFL – click the links for …