Author: mritchie

X-ray Vision: The answer

This was an elderly woman who fell. This is a very difficult case and even with the 12 other views that were offered it was difficult to tell which way the fracture was displaced. This was read by radiology as…

X-ray Vision Answer:

So we have an 81 yo W found apneic and cyanotic and EMS was called and patient was intubated. Patient had never been here before and no history came with the patient. The history was obtained with this chest x-ray. The…

Rhythm Nation: Case 6 Answer

History: 76 year old M with HTN, DM, HLD, Dementia BIBEMS via NH due to complaint of questionable syncope and possibly chest pain (poor historian even through speaking on Cyracom with him – ie Q: Have you ever had any…

Trauma Drama: Blunt Neck Trauma

Its time for our next installment of Trauma Drama. I think its time to get into discrete injuries. The first one I want to talk about is blunt neck trauma. The reason I chose this one is that penetrating neck…