Thanks to Dr. McMillan for today’s Morning Report! Traumatic Brain Injury – American Association of Neurological Surgeons Guidelines Case#1: A 45 year-old man helmeted motorcyclist struck by van, negative loss of consciousness, and currently GCS 15 and appropriate but…
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Morning Report: 5/23/2014
Dr. Grock presents today’s Morning Report! C- Spine Immobilization: A Critical Review of the Evidence Cervical collars have been in use for over 30 years, yet, there have been no randomized, controlled trials evaluating their effectiveness. Per the…
Morning Report: 5/15/2014
Thanks to Dr. Waldman for today’s Morning Report! Penile Fractures Definition: But there’s no bone… traumatic rupture of the corpus cavernosum Mechanism: Sudden blunt trauma or abrupt lateral bending of the penis in an erect state Breaks…
Morning Report: 4/24/2014
Here’s Dr. Shin with today’s Morning Report! Burr Hole Craniostomy Mark H Wilson, David Wise, Gareth Davies and David Lockey. “Emergency burr holes: “How to do it” “Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2012; 20: 24. 1) Ensure indications…
Trauma Patient, No IV…CT With IO Contrast?
We’ve all experienced the scenario where a trauma patient appears in your trauma bay, blood pressure barely palpable, whose IV line is near impossible to obtain. Solution? IO access. A wonderful advancement in trauma care that has led to the…
Morning Report: 4/11/2014
Thanks to Dr. Ozaki for today’s Morning Report! Burns Classification of burns: Appearance Surface Sensation Time to healing First Degree Pink or red Dry Painful Days Second Degree Pink, clear blisters Moist Painful 14-21 days Deep Second…
Morning Report: 4/8/2014
Welcome back to Morning Report! Today’s edition is presented by Dr. Alsup! Mammal bites Cat bites Deep puncture wounds, difficult to irrigate 10-40% rate of infections Staph, step and pasteurella multocida P. multocida, a highly virulent, facultatively anaerobic,…
Morning Report: 3/25/2014
Thanks to Dr. Ting for today’s Morning Report! Chronic SCI Complications of chronic SCI – DVT/PE – Decubitus ulcers – Pneumonia (even down to thoracic levels although only C3-5 controls the diaphragm due to impaired cough reflex) – …