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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 ... ED arrival MSK ... especially with AC ... Evaluation #Diagnosis #Management
Estimated Medical Radiation Doses for 5 Year-Old Child

3-view ankle	0.0015 mSv	1/14th CXRs
2-view chest	0.02 mSv	1 CXRs
Anteroposterior and lateral
1/14th CXRs 2- ... 9 CXRs Tc-99m ... 4 mSv 200 CXRs ... 5 mSv 250 CXRs ... #PatientInfo #Radiology
Cor Triatriatum on Echocardiogram

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Cor Triatriatum (or triatrial heart) is a congenital heart defect
Cor Triatriatum ... the left atrium (cor ... right atrium (cor ... Echocardiogram #A4C ... Clinical #Congenital #Cardiology
Distal Radius Fracture 
Distal radius fracture is the most common orthopedic injury. Here's a quick summary.
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common orthopedic injury ... ) • ED Management ... Colles #Distal #Radiology ... XRay #Diagnosis #Management ... #Orthopedics #MSK
Classification of Pelvic Ring Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
 • Anterior Posterior Compression (APC) -
< 2.5cm - APC ... Grade 3 - APC 2 ... possible vascular injury ... - Type 1 or 2 injury ... #Orthopedics #MSK
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
nervous system (CNS) injury ... or great vessel injury ... 12 - Abdominal injury ... abdominal viscus #cxr ... diagnosis #signs #radiology
Radiation Injury
Acute Radiation Toxicity primarily affects rapidly dividing cells based on dosage
Hematopoiteic - Pancytopenia, Infection
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Radiation Injury ... 1 Gy = ~10,000 CXRs ... prognosis • ALC ... #Radiation #Injury ... Toxicity #diagnosis #management
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation - ED Management
The shoulder is the most commonly dislocated major joint, 95% of
Dislocation - ED Management ... Axillary nerve injury ... neurovascular injury ... Dislocation #Anterior #Radiology ... Orthopedics #Sports #MSK
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
lateral wrist XR ... , median nerve injury ... • ED Management ... Wrist #Carpal #Radiology ... Orthopedics #Sports #MSK
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE 
Radial head fractures are the most common elbow fracture in adults and are
radioulnar joint injury ... fracture • ED Management ... Fracture #Elbow #Radiology ... XRay #Diagnosis #Management ... #Orthopedics #MSK