The Crashing Trauma Patient
How do you care for the crashing trauma patient? This post takes you through the critical resuscitation step-by-step.
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The Cleared Trauma Patient: what could we be missing?
A system-based primer on specific injuries most frequently missed by emergency physicians in the trauma patient work-up.
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Bleeding Hand Wounds
Hand and digital wound bleeding should be managed with hemorrhage control, an adequate exam and proper treatment. There are many tools to help manage bleeding and allow for an adequate exam. Using a topical analgesic such as lidocaine, can be helpful with pain control. The addition of epinephrine to a topical analgesic in hand and digital wounds may not be as scary as once thought and may be considered to help with hemorrhage control in certain wounds.
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Case – Blunt Trauma to the Neck
The trauma patient with tracheal injury. We discuss blunt and penetrating neck trauma and management pearls/pitfalls in this life-threatening injury with a great case.
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Pre-Hospital Management of Spinal Injuries: Debunking the Myths of the Long Backboard
The LBB should not be used as a therapeutic intervention. Instead, spinal motion restriction should be practiced.
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The Anticoagulated Patient with Head Trauma: What’s the Disposition?
What do you do with the head trauma patient who is anticoagulated? Do you discharge the patient, observe and repeat CT, or admit the patient? This post evaluates this question and more.
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Occult Trauma: The Eyes Do Not See What the Mind Does Not Know
Pearls and pitfalls in managing the trauma patient and finding occult pathology: a little knowledge goes a long way
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Open Fractures – Pearls and Pitfalls
A great update on the classification and management of open fractures. What can you do better?
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Low Risk for Intra Abdominal Trauma
Is there a way to help define a group of kids who are at Low Risk for Intra Abdominal Trauma?
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Abdominal Trauma: Is There Anything We Can Be Doing Better?
A power review of the literature on management of blunt and penetrating abdominal trauma
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