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Lightning Strike Electrical Injury
Types of Lightning Strikes: Direct, Side Splash, Contact injury, Ground current
ELECTRICAL INJURIES: Primary
Lightning Strike ... industrial settings or power ... ORTHO- fracture ... #clinical #video ... #NSFW #Electrocution
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
 •
Abdominal Pain - ... Pyelonephritis • Right Lower ... Pyelonephritis • Left Lower ... Pneumonia Right Lower ... Dysmenorrhea Left Lower
Toaster Electrocution Electrical Injury
Primary determination of injury extent = amount of CURRENT flowing through body.
VARIABLES: voltage,
industrial settings or power ... Lightning Strike ... ORTHO- fracture/ ... Persistent chest pain ... #nsfw
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... : • Fracture ... Trauma • Crush injury ... #differential # ... diagnosis #lower
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Cord Disorders - Differential ... spasticity • Lower ... compression by fractured ... Upper extremity, lower ... #algorithm
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Weakness - Lower ... : - Loss of pain ... Vertebral burst fracture ... multiradicular pain ... syndromes #lesions #differential
Pediatric Trauma Primary Survey: C-ABCDE
C - Catastrophic Bleeding - Life-threatening hemorrhage
 • Apply direct pressure/compression bandage
Pediatric Trauma ... potential pelvic fracture ... 8, Responds to pain ... Abnormal tone, ↓ power ... #Pediatrics
Tourniquet Application
1. If in a dangerous situation or difficult situation, place TQs high and tight (military
first pressure tightening ... like forearms and lower ... proximal to open fractures ... Application #clinical #video ... #trauma #ems #nsfw