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Shoulder Exam - Provocative Testing

Supraspinatus muscle injury:
 - Jobe’s Test
 - Hawkin’s Test
 - Drop Arm
Shoulder Exam - ... Supraspinatus muscle injury ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #Shoulder #Testing ... #RotatorCuff #Injury
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Blunt Thoracic Trauma

- Dr. Tom Fadial @thame 

#Blunt #Cardiac #Injury #Thoracic
Blunt Thoracic Trauma ... Blunt #Cardiac #Injury ... #Thoracic #Trauma ... #Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Evaluation #Emergency
Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
of Electrical Injury ... in the Emergency ... dislocations (posterior shoulder ... Electricity #Evaluation #Diagnosis ... #Management #Emergency
Clinical image showing neck seat belt sign (diagonal abrasions are present along the course of the
course of the shoulder ... carotid artery injury ... carotid artery injury ... #EM #Clinical #Trauma ... #SeatbeltSign #emergency
Naming of the many types of dental trauma seen in pediatric (primary) teeth. 

#Tooth #Teeth #Injury
types of dental trauma ... #Tooth #Teeth #Injury ... Injuries #Primary #Emergency ... #Trauma #Peds # ... #DentalTrauma #Diagnosis
Naming of the many types of dental trauma seen in adult (permanent) teeth. 

#Tooth #Teeth #Injury
types of dental trauma ... #Tooth #Teeth #Injury ... Injuries #Permanent #Emergency ... #Trauma #Peds # ... #DentalTrauma #Diagnosis
CATCH Predictors for Clinically Significant TBI 
 - GCS Less than 15 at 2 hours post
at 2 hours post trauma ... Dangerous mechanism of injury ... Traumatic #Brain #Injury ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Positive Seidel test on fluorescein stain exam

Globe rupture can be identified by a positive Seidel test
Positive Seidel test ... positive Seidel test ... in making the diagnosis ... Globe rupture should ... Operative emergent
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Hypertensive emergency ... causes: sepsis, meds ... Acute #Kidney #Injury ... Classification #diagnosis
Efforts to standardize the approach to trauma have led to an algorithmic, thoughtless approach to trauma
In critically injured ... fantastically useful test ... and should be prioritized ... as the critical diagnostic ... unstable patients should