Facial trauma is a common emergency medicine complaint.  Learn the basics on facial anatomy and how to approach a patient with facial trauma. 

Returning to our patient from last week…

A 20 y/o M arrives to your ED following an assault with a baseball bat...

Knowing the mechanism of injury for your trauma patients is vital to anticipating potential injuries.  Read ahead for some mechanism/injury pairings you are likely to see this summer:  

The weather is finally warm and it is the time of year for more sports injuries.  Keep reading for a quick review on finger dislocations and plalynx fractures.  

Master placement of surgical chest tubes with these simple tips and tricks.

This post is not intended to be a comprehensive review of skull fracture types and management, but rather a discussion of two subtypes of skull fracture – open and depressed fractures.  I chose this topic because it’s something I saw frequently during my recent elective working in an emergency department in Kumasi, Ghana.  In the United States at trauma centers these patients are frequently managed immediately by neurosurgery; however, with few consultants available, I was able to be more involved in the prolonged care of these patients. If faced with these types of severe head/skull injuries in a community hospital, it is important to feel comfortable with the initial management.  

Do you routinely recommend rest for your post-concussive pediatric patient?  You may reconsider this adivce.  This week Dr. Lou Argentine reviewed this clincal question for his critically appraised topic.    

Have you cared for a paient dying from traumatic hemorrhagic shock despite maximum resucitation efforts?  Dr. Zaffer Qasim from Christiana Care  and @emmeddoc joined us for an outstanding talk on the use of REBOA in this patient population.  

29 year old male presents by HEMS after a motorcycle accident.