Hey everyone! Hope you enjoy this month’s Ultrasound of the Month and my first official blog post! Here’s the clip: A 45 year old man presented to UHB fast track with a chief complaint of right…
US and Ortho? 7/29/14
Disaster Continues
For Adult Journal Club this coming week, I’ll be discussing allocating scarce resources during disasters. Please read the following article and be ready for discussion. http://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644%2811%2900676-7/fulltext
MVC: Answer
here’s another image of the portable xray. Case: 30 year old female restrained driver BIBEMS after her vehicle collided with a pole at a high speed. The official read of the portable pelvis film: “dislocation of both femoral heads and…
From the Mind (and Culinary skills) of Dr. Ashika Jain
Hi Readers, We have yet another new post this year for me to introduce. Dr. Sadia Hussain (of the Trauma Drama series) has teamed up with the wonderful Dr. Ashika Jain to create a Critical Care Mini-Fellowship. We thought it…
Congeal your knowledge on Thromboelastography… Read on!
Hemorrhage is one of the leading causes of mortality in trauma patients: responsible for approximately 30-40% of deaths overall and 50% of deaths within the first 24-hours post-trauma. Wow. That’s a great deal. So let them have blood? Well… not…
Rhythm Nation July 2014 Answer!
Congratulations to our winner with the most complete answer: Dan Zeccola! Julie and Nathan both correctly identified parts of the answer. Well done all! Our patient was having a Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) in her mid-LAD. To answer the…