The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Which clinical features best predict occult scaphoid fractures? He will soon be transitioning out of the US military after […] The post SGEM#420: I get knocked down, but I get up again – do I have a scaphoid fracture? Which clinical features best predict occult scaphoid fractures? Emerg Med J. Emerg Med J. Emerg Med J.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 10, 2022

One-year outcome of surgery compared with immobilization in a cast for adults with an undisplaced or minimally displaced scaphoid fracture: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. DISCLAIMER: THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS OF THIS BLOG AND PODCAST DO NOT REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OR THE US MILITARY.

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ETM Course

JUNE 28, 2015

This is a potentially lifesaving treatment pioneered by the US military 1 for patients with exsanguinating pelvic and lower limb haemorrhage. Intra-Aortic Balloon Occlusion to Salvage Patients with Life-Threatening Hemorrhagic Shocks from Pelvic Fractures J Trauma 2010; 68(4): 942–8 (full article free text) 3. Martinelli et al.

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Hospitals Resuscitation Shock Military 52

RebelEM

MAY 25, 2023

Pelvic Fracture A score ≥2 present, consider MTP Clinical Take Home Point: Use of balanced transfusion (including PRBCs and clotting factors) helps avoid dilutional coagulopathy WHOLE BLOOD VS COMPONENT THERAPY Kronstedt S et al. The Role of Whole Blood Transfusions in Civilian Trauma: A Review of Literature in Military and Civilian Trauma.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

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. Still no pain medicine. 1950s & 1960s Resuscitation Research.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

MARCH 27, 2015

Their focus was on developing a refined technique suitable for mass usage by the military who funded them and by the lay public. Many authors feel NTI is absolutely or relatively contraindicated with potential basilar skull fractures; there is also opinion arguing that airway protection trumps the extreme rarity of this complication.

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