What is the Diagnosis by Dr. Joseph Cesarine?
29 year old male presents by HEMS after a motorcycle accident.
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Tranexamic Acid: Evidence and Clinical Applications
Tranexamic Acid! It seems everywhere we look there are people touting TXA as the next miracle drug. This post introduces the clinical applications of TXA and the evidence supporting its use.
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The Must-Know Complications of Supracondylar Fractures
Supracondylar fractures are the most common upper extremity fracture in the pediatric population therfore every emergency medicine provider should be deeply familiar with the known complications of such pathology. This post will introduce the types of supracondylar fractures and known complications.
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The AMPT Score: Do We Know Who Should be Transported By Helicopter?
Helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) offers rapid transport to trauma centers while simultaneously providing advanced prehospital care. It is through these reasons that HEMS carries a survival benefit over ground emergency medical services (GEMS). However, increasing financial burdens and aviation risks to flight crews/patients complicate the decision to transport a patient by HEMS.
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Back to Basics Deep Dive - The Hand
Do you sound like a first year medical student when discussing hand injuries by phone with consultants? Forget all the tendon anatomy you crammed for in anatomy? FDP? FDS? FPL? Then check out this post for a "Back to Basics" online hand exam lecture by Dr. Fred Heckler from UPMC.
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#EM conf!
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- A high yield review of clinical pearls from the Cooper EM Residency Weekly conference! This month's module is Ortho/Trauma, led by Dr. Andrew Nyce and Dr. Richard Byrne
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Imaging Case: 15 Year Old Girl with Right Wrist Pain
Case: A 15 year old girl flipped while snowboarding and landed on her right arm. She complains of severe right wrist pain. A plain film of the wrist is obtained:
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Not Just an Ankle Sprain! Demystifying the Maisonneuve Fracture
Independently interpreting plain film imaging is an essential skill for the Emergency Medicine provider. Among the most notorious of injuries likely to be missed is the Maisonneuve fracture. In this post we demonstrate the "can't miss" imaging findings to ensure that you don't make the mistake of thinking this is "just an ankle sprain!"
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Imaging Case: 24 Year Old Male with Left Knee Pain
Case: 24 year old male with no significant past medical history presents to local urgent care with chief complaint of left knee pain. Patient reports playing basketball just prior to arrival and reports landing on left knee and "jamming it."
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What is the Diagnosis?
Visual diagnosis from EMDaily!
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