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Ultrasound-Guided Regional Nerve Blocks in Emergency Medicine: Superficial Cervical Plexus Nerve Block
Uses in the Emergency Department:
Plexus Nerve Block ... Uses in the Emergency ... laceration, clavicle fracture ... block #ultrasound #anesthesia ... #pocus
Causes of Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Always assess for red flags. If no red flags,
Causes of Back Pain ... bowel or bladder dysfunction ... , saddle paresthesia ... pain, high energy trauma ... of neoplasm • Fracture
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Causes of Dizziness ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Temporal Bone Fracture ... • Ethanol - Trauma ... Space-Occupying Lesion
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
other forms of trauma ... long history of cervical ... Vertebral burst fracture ... herniation - Trauma ... - Sphincter dysfunction
Anosmia / Smell Dysfunction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Nasal Obstruction/ URTI:
 • Septal Deviation
 • Allergic Rhinitis
Anosmia / Smell Dysfunction ... Infection (Influenza) Trauma ... Base of Skull Fracture ... • Nasal Fracture ... #Causes
Causes of Altered Level of Consciousness GCS < 7 - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Brain Involvement - Hemispheric
Causes of Altered ... Abscess • Skull fracture ... • Brain stem Lesion ... Involvement - Other • Trauma ... #Causes
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
hemorrhage • Cervical ... compression by fractured ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... Bowel and bladder dysfunction ... differential #algorithm