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Fix that jaw drop: mandible dislocation management

Mount Sinai EM

Causes: Lateral dislocation Anterior dislocation Often due to trauma – direct blow Can break condylar neck w/ dislocation Lateral dislocations often w/ fracture Check for loose or missing teeth! dental extraction, tonsillectomy, general anesthesia (the case I saw had happened during endoscopy) Seizure Spontaneou s ex.

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EM@3AM: Pneumocephalus

EMDocs

A 3 cm scalp laceration is noted, and a CT scan of the head shows a linear nondepressed skull fracture in the area of the laceration without evidence of intracranial hemorrhage. This is considered an open fracture. Patients with open skull fractures should be evaluated by neurosurgery and admitted for observation.

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An Insight into Mountain Rescue Teams (MRTs)

Mind The Bleep

Scottish Mountain Rescue (SMR) is an umbrella organisation, with teams the final decider of how they operate. Seizures, chest pain, intoxication, and deliberate self-harm were also reported. Other treatments are available for nausea, respiratory depression, cardiac pain, seizures, hypoglycaemia, and asthma.

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Diagnostics: The Shunt Series

Taming the SRU

Case 2 19 year old seizure A 19-year-old male is brought into your emergency department via EMS for witnessed seizure-like activity. The seizure abated with rectal diazepam given by the squad. You notice a med-alert bracelet with the patient’s name and the word “SEIZURES.”

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"The crowner hath sat on her and finds it Christian burial." [Hamlet]

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

" [Coroners Society] King Richard I (the Lionheart) needed vast sums of money for the Third Crusade, operation of the kingdom, and for his ransom fro m Duke Leopold of Austria. All deaths involving hip fractures if the attending physician believes the fracture caused or contributed to the cause of death.

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Grand Rounds Recap 8.16.23

Taming the SRU

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Pain Management of Common Chief Complaints in the ED

EMDocs

Costochondritis, rib fractures, and pericarditis are common causes of chest pain that can be treated with multimodal regimens. 7 Rib and Sternal Fractures: Rib fractures are often caused by blunt chest trauma. Up to two-thirds of rib fractures are missed on initial chest radiographs. Most cases abate by one year.