Yes or No: Is there intra-abdominal fluid or fluid around the heart? The assessment of blunt thoracoabdominal trauma with significant mechanism of injury The assessment of penetrating torso trauma if…
Patients requiring endotracheal intubation in the emergency department (ED) are at a much higher risk for hypoxemia, compared to patients electively intubated in the operating room. Pulmonary disease, anemia, low…
A thrombosed, painful external hemorrhoid that has been symptomatic for less than 72 hours, not improved with conservative measures Decision to excise should also be based on severity of pain…
Testicular torsion Signs and symptoms include: Acute scrotal pain/swelling or intermittent testicular pain Testicular tenderness High-riding testis with horizontal lie Absent cremasteric reflex on the affected side Negative Prehn sign…
To drain infection of the soft tissue surrounding the rectum, which is caused by obstruction of the anal crypts and ducts CONTRAINDICATIONS Perianal abscesses with fistula-in-ano should be drained in…
Removal of foreign matter lodged within the external auditory canal (FIGURE 86.1) General Basic Steps Preparation Irrigation Removal TECHNIQUE Patient Preparation Place patient in a supine position Restrain patient and…
Methylene Blue Injection/Open Joint Evaluation Felipe Teran INDICATIONS When there is clinical suspicion of communication between a traumatic wound and joint space When intra-articular air within the joint space is…
Methylene Blue Injection/Open Joint Evaluation Felipe Teran INDICATIONS When there is clinical suspicion of communication between a traumatic wound and joint space When intra-articular air within the joint space is…
Pericardial tamponade with hemodynamic decompensation Pulseless electrical activity with clinical suspicion of tamponade or with ultrasonographic evidence of pericardial effusion CONTRAINDICATIONS None for the unstable patient Coagulopathy is a relative…
Radial head subluxation is frequently referred to as “nursemaid’s elbow” The annular ligament of the radius displaces into the radiocapitellar articulation (FIGURE 92.1A) A common injury in children between the…
