The Trauma Pro

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Many vertebral fractures can be treated non-operatively. I have seen several patients in follow-up who basically stopped wearing their brace as soon as they were out of the hospital. Post-operative bracing after pedicle screw fixation for thoracolumbar burst fractures: A cost-effectiveness study. J Clin Neurosci 45:33-39, 2017.

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Fractures Dislocations Operations Burns 202

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 25, 2023

Casey currently splits his time between Broome, a small rural hospital in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia, and a large tertiary ED in sunny Perth. Do they need surgery, an ERCP or just analgesia and non-operative care? He is also now a fully-fledged “sonologist”. He has been on the SGEM#369 , SGEM#326 and SGEM#217.

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Ultrasounds Emergency Department Dislocations Radiology 52

Taming the SRU

AUGUST 4, 2024

The largest retrospective cohort study to date (Beyde et al.) shows that most will improve with empiric antibiotics.

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Dislocations Emergency Department Documentation/Coding Burns 85

ACEP Now

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Laryngotracheal trauma has been cited as accounting for less than one in 100,000 hospital admissions. She was transported to the operating suite where a tracheostomy was performed. In this particular case, a tracheostomy could be performed in the operating suite under somewhat controlled circumstances.

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Fractures Dislocations Airway Management Operations 52

ACEP Now

MARCH 14, 2024

4,5 High voltage injuries can throw a victim from the electrical source, lead to falls, and cause forceful tetany with spinal hyperextension injuries or joint dislocations. In the operating room, there was minimal urinary output and the bladder pressures were 35 mmHg under sedation and analgesia. His ECG was unremarkable.

Burns 52

Burns Fluid Resuscitation EKG/ECG EMS 52

EMDocs

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Answer : Posterior dislocation of a periprosthetic hip Epidemiology: Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) is the 4 th most common surgical procedures in the United States (2.3% 4 Pain is the most common reason for presentation in the early post operative period. 5-7 Dislocation rate as high as 28% in revision THA. 10% of patients.

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EMS Dislocations Fractures Operations 94

Taming the SRU

MARCH 11, 2024

Acute knee dislocations are rare orthopedic injuries that have high morbidity and need to be recognized quickly by the emergency physician; if unrecognized or inadequately treated, these injuries can lead to vascular and limb compromise (1,2). Knee dislocations make up less than 0.5% Knee dislocations make up less than 0.5%

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Dislocations Emergency Department Fractures Operations 108