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Visual Guide to Splinting by Location

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Visual Guide to Splinting ... NorthwesternEM #Splinting
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome 
Compression of median nerve 
Risk Factors 
 • Obesity 
 • Female gender
injections • Splinting
Auscultation of Split S2 - Differential Diagnosis
 • Normal or physiologic
 • Wide, fixed splitting -Atrial
• Wide, fixed splitting ... • Paradoxical splitting
The Schatzker classification system of tibial plateau fractures is shown.

**TIBIAL PLATEAU FRACTURES**

Frequency: lateral (less bad, more
>5mm splitting/depression
Algorithm for management of Multiple Trauma in Mountain Environment
Complete primary survey
 - Haemorrhage control (regional and
- Analgesia, splinting
Rib Subluxation on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

60ish yo patient presents with left sided CP, SOB,
sided CP, SOB, rib splinting
Causes of Postoperative Hypercarbia:
Hypoventilation 
 - drug-induced central respiratory depression 
 - intrapulmonary abnormality 
 -
obstruction - splinting
Quick Guide: Acute Pain and Perioperative Management in Opioid Use Disorder

The following applies to patients already
dose, consider splitting ... dose, consider splitting
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
function (JVD, fixed splitting
Meniere Disease - Endolymphatic hydrops - TRIAD 
1 Episodic vertigo (a true spinning sensation) 
2 Sensorineural
vertigo (a true spinning