CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 28-year-old, previously healthy female was thrown off an all terrain vehicle (ATV) and sustained blunt trauma to her chest. Her injuries included a flail…
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 70-year-old depressed man presents after attempted suicide by shooting himself with a handgun held under his jaw. He is seated upright and leaning forward…
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 52-year-old worker of normal body habitus was injured in a fall from approximately 15 feet (5 m) of height. He sustained fractures to the…
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 32-year-old man (Figure 28–1) presented to the emergency department (ED) with dysphagia, dysphonia, and dyspnea. Further inquiry revealed a 1-week history of right-sided jaw…
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A respiratory arrest occurs in the intermediate care unit on the surgical ward. The patient is an elderly man in a cervical halo, 3 days…
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen This 25-year-old African American female presents to the emergency department (ED) 2 hours after the onset of lip swelling that has progressed to difficulty in…
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 60-year-old male with chronic obstructive lung disease, limited exercise tolerance, and new onset pneumonia required tracheal intubation because of hypoxemic respiratory failure. Optimal positioning…
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 56-year-old male was the driver of a motorcycle involved in a motor vehicle crash. The primary survey performed by the trauma team reveals the…
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 30-year-old male arrives by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) helicopter with a tree branch impaled in his neck (see Figure 24–1). It is apparent that…
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 57-year-old man was brought to the emergency department by Emergency Medical Service (EMS) with burns to the head, face, and chest secondary to smoking…
