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SGEM#385: If the Bones are Good, the Rest Don’t Matter – Operative vs Non-Operative Management of Scaphoid Fractures

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

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

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The Nose: the other route to the lungs

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

They also proved that only expired air resuscitation guaranteed sufficient inflation volumes; that exhaled air was a suitable resuscitating gas; and that the operator would have continuous feedback from each breath. Their focus was on developing a refined technique suitable for mass usage by the military who funded them and by the lay public.