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Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
of Electrical Injury ... coma, spinal cord injury ... rhabdomyolysis, compartment ... #Electrical #Injury
Posterior Knee Dislocation Injury
Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE DISLOCATIONS can have significant associated injury that needs unique approach
Knee Dislocation Injury ... signal vascular injury ... Compartment syndrome ... Evaluate compartments ... and consider compartment
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... Stenosis, Abdominal Compartment ... Acute #Kidney #Injury
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Immobilization - Crush injury ... - Compartment ... - Electrical injury ... exhaustion, Heat injury ... or compartment
Compartment Syndrome Pearls
A vicious cycle of increased pressure within a facial compartment leading to compression of
Compartment Syndrome ... within a facial compartment ... Pathophysiology: • Injury ... disproportionate to injury ... Ischemic injury
The Schatzker classification system of tibial plateau fractures is shown.

**TIBIAL PLATEAU FRACTURES**

Frequency: lateral (less bad, more
Compartment syndrome ... Neurovascular injury
Intraabdominal hypertension is defined as elevated pressure without overt organ failure (table below).  Among critically
than abdominal compartment ... may cause organ injury ... Classification #ACS #Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
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Immobilization, Crush iniury ... , Compartment syndrome ... , Electrical injury ... exhaustion, Heat iniury ... extracellular fluid into injured
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
Orthopedic Emergencies Compartment ... An increase in compartment ... damage in that compartment ... after an acute injury ... of spinal cord injury
Popliteal artery cadaveric interposition grafts

Crush knee injury with transected popliteal artery and vein.  Pulseless cadaveric
grafts Crush knee injury ... Ischemic time from injury ... about 7 hrs 4 compartment