Today’s Morning Report is courtesy of Dr. Caputo! Penetrating Neck Injuries Zone I: Extends from the clavicle to the cricoid cartilage and includes the thoracic inlet Subclavian vessels, brachiocephalic veins, common carotid arteries, aortic arch, and jugular veins, trachea,…
(A Review on Chest Tubes in the Trauma Patient ) Indications for Chest Tube Placement in Trauma Patients Pneumothorax (simple, tension) Hemothorax Esophageal rupture with gastric leak into pleural space Traumatic arrest (bilateral chest tubes) Quick Caveat: Detecting a traumatic pneumothorax…
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…
As per Dr. DRE it’s the next episode: It continues in the trauma bay. A trauma code is called and the room is suddenly full. The initial survey is done. It turns out that the patient is not as bad…
Welcome to the first resident blog for the original Kings of County! These blog entries are the combined collaboration of several residents of the Kings County Emergency Department, with guidance from Dr. Jay Khadpe. Every Monday, a new entry will…
