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Mallet Finger
Absence of a fracture does NOT exclude Mallet finger, the extension function of the DIP
joint needs to be clinically ... ED Management: Pain ... joint • Ortho ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... #Management #Hand
Ultrasound Guided Brachial Plexus Nerve Block on POCUS
Mid-shaft humerus fracture, 10/10 pain, 350mcg fentanyl and no
Nerve Block on POCUS ... Mid-shaft humerus fracture ... group until us (EM ... ) and ortho document ... #anesthesia #clinical
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
He had no chest ... pain, a normal chest ... ultrasound got him ... Northwestern University #Clinical ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
hip fractures in ... injury or after IM ... • Diagnosis: ... - Intense pain ... days, the local pain
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
HIV) - Vitamin ... patients with a long ... Vertebral burst fracture ... loss - Saddle anesthesia ... #differential #diagnosis
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
- "Two hit" Hypothesis ... restored to esophagus Clinical ... pain Diagnosis: ... the most common long ... Hospital of Baltimore IM
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
(@MarkRamzyDO, EM ... Hamilton, MD (EM ... chest pain. ... , and his oxygen ... #Lung #Pulmonary
Rib fractures on POCUS 
1. look for a discontinuity at the site of pain and tenderness
at the site of pain ... diagnosis; the ... orient in line on long ... course based on chest ... POCUS #clinical