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What is Prehospital care?

PHARM

Take for example a patient having an xray in the radiology department. An example of this is an acute shoulder dislocation on a ship in middle of ocean. If the patient is by themselves then reducing the dislocation may be vital for their very survival. Put simply its location and resources available that define prehospital care.

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Twisting and Turning - Ankle Injuries in the ED

Taming the SRU

Certain injuries carry risks of further injury, injury-related complications, and poor outcomes which are exacerbated if they are inappropriately managed in the ED. Abnormal neurovascular findings suggest injury to nearby structures (nerves and blood vessels) from dislocations, bony trauma, or increased compartment pressures.

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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Managing Pneumothorax

Taming the SRU

As these patients are typically already at a high risk for poor health outcomes, secondary spontaneous PTX is often more serious in presentation and management more complex [11]. Blunt trauma can cause rib fracture or dislocation that may injure the visceral pleura. doi:10.1148/radiology.144.4.7111716 AJR Am J Roentgenol.

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EM@3AM: Total Hip Arthroplasty Complications

EMDocs

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 Dislocation is the most common complication after THA occurring at a rate of 0.2-10% 5-7 Dislocation rate as high as 28% in revision THA. 10% of patients.

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Pediatric Elbow Injuries

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

What am I seeing -- or not seeing -- here? First a refresher on radiographic anatomy of the elbow -- Images courtesy of Radioglypics (Open Access Radiology Education). If not, assume a fracture-dislocation. Acute compartment syndrome of the upper extremity in children: diagnosis, management, and outcomes. Kanj WW et al.

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Unstable Pelvic Trauma Patient: ED Presentations, Evaluation, and Management

EMDocs

Limb-length discrepancy is not often apparent in pelvic fractures and would be more suggestive of a femoral fracture or dislocation. Management and outcomes of open pelvic fractures: An update. Examples of radiographs indicative of pelvic fractures that EM physicians should be familiar with are below in Figures 2, 3, and 4.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 80: Traumatic Arthrotomy

EMDocs

Functional outcomes Severe soft tissue injuries and damage to the bony structures => poor functional outcomes. If thinking TA, share your concern with radiology, which improves sensitivity. A 2013 study found a sensitivity of ~47% for TA of the knee using plain radiographs.