How to remove a fishhook
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Not a common inner-city emergency, but certainly something you'll see elsewhere. Removing an embedded fishhook can be surprisingly tricky - here are a few methods to know!
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Nail Basics
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Nails and nailbed injuried can be surprisingly complex. A good foundation of nail anatomy and function will help you understand how to treat various nail conditions better.
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Back to Basics: Shoulder Reduction
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Shoulder reductions - you probably think you're pretty good at these. And you're probably right. But there's often more to learn, and a review of the basics many help tweak your approach or learn a new technique!
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Back to Basics: Dental Trauma
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Last week we reviewed some causes of dental pain. Here we move into traumatic dental injuries, with an overview of types and management.
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Back to Basics: Dental Pain
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Dental pain is a common chief complaint in the emergency department, but it can mean many different things. Let's review some of the basics about causes of dental pain.
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Back to Basics: Ocular Ultrasound Part 2
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Last week, we learned the basics on how to perform an ocular ultrasound and what a normal eye looks like on ultrasound. This week, we cover 5 eye pathologies that are easy to diagnose with use of ultrasound.
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Back to Basics: Ocular Ultrasound Part 1
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Here is your quick reference guide on how to perform a basic ocular ultrasound. Check in next week for diagnosis of ocular pathologies utilizing ultrasound!
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Paraneoplastic Dermatoses
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Back to basics is switching it up and bringing you some advanced material today. Patient have a weird rash and you can't figure it out? Consider a paraneoplastic dermatosis!
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Angioedema Basics
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Quick review of mechanisms of diease and available treatments for angioedema
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Brain Bleed Basics
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Yes we learned most this as a 4th year med student... but sometimes reviewing the basics can remind us of some important details we've forgotten. That's what back-to-basics is for! Here we review different types of intracranial hemorrhages.
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