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Morel-Lavallée Lesion in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

Shen 2013, Nickerson 2014, Scolaro 2016 ] Singh et al proposed an algorithm to guide treatment. Shen 2013, Nickerson 2014, Scolaro 2016 ] Singh et al proposed an algorithm to guide treatment. Shen 2013, Nickerson 2014, Scolaro 2016 ] Singh et al proposed an algorithm to guide treatment.

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Awake, and Paralysed: A Never Event

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Ben has a possible skull fracture and has been intubated, but his oxygen requirement is minimal. Awake fiberoptic intubation where the patient consents, co-operative AND the airway is prepared with local anaesthesia. 2014 May;32(5):452-6. Epub 2014 Jan 15. 2014 Oct;113(4):549-59. Epub 2014 Sep 9.

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Managing the Patient with Alcohol Intoxication

RebelEM

Prerost 2014) In a patient with chronic alcohol use, hallucinations should prompt consideration of acute intoxication, alcoholic hallucinosis, or delirium tremens (DT). Hamilton 2014) Patients with alcohol intoxication have an extremely high risk of intracranial pathology, and the threshold for obtaining head imaging should be very low.

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Multisystem Trauma in Children, Part Two: Massive Transfusion, Trauma Imaging, and Resuscitative Pearls

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

He sustained a femur fracture, splenic laceration, and blunt head trauma – the so-called Waddell’s triad. Often children even with high-grade splenic and liver lacerations can be managed non-operatively. Unfortunately, a negative FAST cannot help with detecting or grading the laceration for non-operative management.

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Milestones of Modern Progress in Emergency Care

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

In fact, one of my surgeon grandfather's ortho buddies (perhaps with the help of some lunchtime martinis) took a look at the x-rays of my Boxer's Fracture and snapped it back into place without any analgesia or procedural sedation, casted me, and sent me home. Erratum in Mouth-to-Airway [adjunct] 4/22/2014. Still no pain medicine.

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Podcast: Cervical Spine Injuries & Imaging in Children

PEMBlog

2014 May;133(5):e1179-88. The most common injuries seen in these younger patients are growth plate fractures and ligamentous injuries. You more often will see vertebral body and arch fractures as opposed to the growth plate fractures and ligamentous injuries in the younger children. Pediatrics. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-3505.

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High Pressure Injection Injury

Cook County EM Blog

X-rays showed radiopaque foreign bodies confined to the distal thumb without fracture. 2014 Jan;22(1):38-45. There were no signs of infection, compartment syndrome, tissue necrosis, or limb ischemia. Orthopedics was consulted and recommended outpatient follow up in several days. Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2020 Nov;26(6):899-904.