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Ultrasound-Guided Regional Nerve Blocks in Emergency Medicine: Interscalene Brachial Plexus Nerve Block
Uses in the Emergency Department:
mid-humerus fracture, reduction ... of shoulder dislocation ... at the lateral arm ... block #ultrasound #anesthesia ... #pocus
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: Pathogenesis, clinical, and radiographic findings

Trauma, Fall on, outstretched arm, Overhead throwing => Abduction
, outstretched arm ... Overhead throwing => Abduction ... Structural damage to nerves ... #Diagnosis #signs ... #orthopedics #pathophysiology
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ... Anterior Shoulder ... Dislocation - May ... regimental badge" anesthesia ... sensory #motor #arm
Ultrasound-Guided Regional Nerve Blocks in Emergency Medicine: Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Nerve Block
Uses in the Emergency Department:
Block Uses in ... Emergency Department: reduction ... fractures and elbow dislocations ... block #ultrasound #anesthesia ... #pocus
Posterior Elbow Dislocation
The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated major joint in adults and the
, neuropraxia (anterior ... interosseous nerve ... can't make A-OK sign ... procedural sedation and reduction ... Posterior long arm
Schematic representation of the major sources of ammonia production and its excretory pathway (GI = gastrointestinal,
gastrointestinal, IMV = inferior ... liver disease) are ... common, there are ... rare): - Reye syndrome ... deficiency #Ammonia #Pathophysiology
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Cauda Equina Syndrome ... Causes: • Large ... Incontinence • Saddle Anesthesia ... damage to sacral nerves ... #MSK #pathophysiology
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Superior gluteal nerve ... Fracture • Hip dislocation ... Trendelenburg #Gait #pathophysiology ... #causes #symptoms ... #signs #diagnosis
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... Can begin in arms ... Absent Reflexes: Arms ... Albuminocytologic dissociation
Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
Anterior Chamber ... Optic Nerve/Pathway ... edema • Lens dislocation ... Tumor • Optic nerve ... ophthalmology #causes