Key Concepts • Over the past 20 years, emergency ultrasound (EUS) has become an integral part of emergency medical care in the United States and has become standard in the…
Key Concepts • Over the past 20 years, emergency ultrasound (EUS) has become an integral part of emergency medical care in the United States and has become standard in the…
Key Concepts • Patterns of illness and injury vary by age, and a number of anatomic and physiologic characteristics affect the presentation and management of pediatric emergencies. • A basic…
Key Concepts • Patients of all ages experience pain, including infants, neonates, and premature babies. • Oligoanalgesia, the inadequate treatment of pain, has many short-term and long-term consequences: worse patient…
Key Concepts • Labor and sex trafficking involve the exploitation of a person for labor or commercial sex, respectively, affecting up to 25 million persons worldwide. • Human smuggling, a…
Key Concepts • Labor and sex trafficking involve the exploitation of a person for labor or commercial sex, respectively, affecting up to 25 million persons worldwide. • Human smuggling, a…
Tendinopathy Foundations Background and Importance Tendons are collagenous, dynamic structures that connect muscle to bone. They transmit forces originating in muscles to bone by stiffening, thereby enabling joint motion. Key…
Apr 6, 2026 by drzezo in EMERGENCY MEDICINEComments Off on 14:5:12 – Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and the Vasculitides
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Key Concepts • Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disorder that can affect any organ system. A general approach to determine whether SLE is the…
Apr 6, 2026 by drzezo in EMERGENCY MEDICINEComments Off on 14:5:13 – Tactical Emergency Medical Support and Urban Search and Rescue
Key Concepts • Tactical emergency medical support (TEMS) facilitates the overall success and safety of law enforcement missions during all phases of a tactical operation through the delivery of preventive,…
Apr 6, 2026 by drzezo in EMERGENCY MEDICINEComments Off on 14:5:15 – Allergy, Anaphylaxis, and Angioedema
Key Concepts • Anaphylaxis is a life-threatening systemic allergic (or nonallergic) reaction of acute onset and multiorgan involvement in which timely recognition and treatment remain essential. • A history of…