Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Trauma CTs showed a "mildly displaced sternal fracture and a small retrosternal hematoma." Systolic function normal by visual assessment only, unable to visualize well for further characterization. The patient did well and was discharged. 2003, May). 1520: The QRS has narrowed slightly, but the morphology is similar.

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EKG/ECG Wellness Fractures Emergency Department 116

EM Curious

JULY 24, 2015

Identify the triangle shaped femoral nerve, lateral to the femoral artery, as well as the iliopsoas muscle and the fascia illiaca running over its surface. Get your tip as close as possible to the nerve, and under the fascia illiaca, then inject (well, after aspirating first, of course). Academic Emergency Medicine, 20(6), 584–591.

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Fractures Ultrasounds Emergency Department Dislocations 52

PHEM Cast

JULY 14, 2016

An injury involving only the anterior column is considered to be stable, as will an isolated fracture of a spinous or transverse process. 2003 Dec 25;349(26):2510–8. Crane T, Cooke MW, Wellings R, Wayte S, Higgins J. An unstable injury is one which involves all 3 columns and often one in which 2 columns are disrupted.

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Fractures Hospitals Shock Research 52

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

AUGUST 2, 2016

All efforts to identify the decedent by hospital staff, law enforcement agencies or social service agencies should be well documented in the medical records. All deaths involving hip fractures if the attending physician believes the fracture caused or contributed to the cause of death. . · 2003 Revision. 2003 Revision.

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Documentation/Coding Forensics CDC Fractures 40

Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

As the name would suggest, inflammatory markers are biological markers of, well, inflammation. 2003 Jun;111(12):1805-12. 2003 Jul;112(2):299. 2003 Jun;111(12):1805-12. 2003 Jul;112(2):299. Identifying serious causes of back pain: cancer, infection, fracture. C-reactive protein: a critical update.

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Infectious Diseases Sepsis Emergency Department Point-of-Care Testing 89

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

This appears to be immediately beneath the sternal fracture. However, his cardiac MRI shows scar that is also possibly associated with his sternal fracture given his location. I suspect we are seeing a combined ECG effect ( as well as a tall, slender R' in lead V1 from myocardial contusion-induced incomplete RBBB).

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EKG/ECG Fractures Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Wellness 52

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2017

Children have long suffered from an under-treatment of their pain, due both to our incomplete acknowledgement of their pain and our fear of treatment ( Howard 2003 ). Tachycardia, tachypnea, and a change in behavior can be indicators not only to the presence of pain, but possibly to its etiology as well.

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Pediatrics Soft Tissue Injuries Burns Emergency Department 40