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SAEM Clinical Images Series: What’s Coming Out of Your Eye?

ALiEM

A 32-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department (ED) from an outside hospital for further management of right eye pain and vision loss sustained after he was struck by a metal wire while at work. An emergent ophthalmology consult is needed to plan for operative repair.

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Twists and Turns: Identifying Maisonneuve Fractures in the ED

Taming the SRU

Musculoskeletal injuries are a common occurrence, representing a substantial number of Emergency Department visits on an annual basis. 1) Oftentimes, Emergency Physicians are the first provider patients encounter after an injury. Thus, treatment of Maisonneuve fractures often involves operative repair. (5) References 1.

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EM@3AM: Flexor Tendon Laceration

EMDocs

He presented to the emergency department because he is having numbness distal to the site of injury, as well as constant bleeding and some difficulty with flexing his finger. Management consists of intravenous antibiotics , and hand surgery should be consulted to consider operative debridement. In: EMRA Antibiotic Guide.

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EM@3AM: Oculomotor Nerve Palsy

EMDocs

BMC Neurol 11 , 8 (2011). He has no known medical history and has never been to the doctor. The left eye is deviated inferiorly and laterally during frontward gaze. Kelliny, M., Binaghi, S. Cerebral aneurysm exclusion by CT angiography based on subarachnoid hemorrhage pattern: a retrospective study. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2016.4456.

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A Simplified Approach to Managing the Difficult Airway in Children

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Airway complications are also more likely to occur in the emergency department (ED) than in the operating theatre. It can also able to be applied in multiple scenarios, not just the operating theatre, and it more accurately depicts real-world practice. 2011 May;106(5):617–31 Cook TM. Why is it important?

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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Thoracentesis in the Emergency Department

Taming the SRU

Shortness of breath is one of the most common complaints presenting to emergency departments. A less common but more emergent scenario is the presentation of a patient to the emergency department with a large pleural effusion causing hypoxia and respiratory distress. J Hosp Med. 10 (12):811-6. link] Yu H.

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Episode 14: Thoracotomy

PHEM Cast

Emergency thoracotomy in thoracic trauma: a review. Emergency Department thoracotomy for the critically injured patient: Objectives, indications, and outcomes. World Journal of Emergency Surgery; 2006: 1:4. Survival after Emergency Department thoracotomy: review of published data for last 25 years.