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Achilles Tendon Rupture in Slow Motion

Caused by high speed knee extension with ankle dorsiflexion.

Dr. Boris Gojanovic
Achilles Tendon ... high speed knee extension ... #Achilles #Tendon ... Sports #Mechanism #PhysicalExam
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
consciousness Differential ... Reflexes: • Deep tendon ... legs extended; lesion ... legs extended; lesion ... caseyalbin #PhysicalExam
Cardiac Arrest - H's and T's

HYPOVOLEMIA 
HYPOXEMIA 
HYPERKALEMIA 
HYPOKALEMIA 
H+ EXCESS
HYPOTHERMIA 

TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX 
TAMPONADE - CARDIAC
HYPOTHERMIA TENSION ... TOXINS #ACLS #Differential
“H’s & T’s“ - The reversible causes of Cardiac Arrest 
Hypovolemia, Hypoxia/Hypoxemia, Hydrogen Ion Excess (Acidosis),
Cardiac), Toxins, Tension ... #HsTs #acls #differential
Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Acute Dyspnea - Differential ... Pneumothorax (Tension ... #Dyspnea #SOB #Differential
Underlying causes of PEA arrest: H’s and T’s 

Hypovolemia, Hypoxia, Hydrogen Ion (acidosis), Hypo/Hyper-kalemia, Hypothermia
Toxins, Tamponade,
Toxins, Tamponade, Tension ... #arrest #HsTs #Differential
Laceration Repair and Sutures - A cheat sheet guide: Suture Selection, Removal Timing and Technique

Suture Techniques:
To repair high tension ... quickly repair non-tensile
H’s and T’s Mnemonic - Causes of Cardiac Arrest
H's - Hypovolemia, Hypoxia, Hydrogen Ions (acidosis), Hyperkalemia
Tablets, Tamponade, Tension ... Arrest #Causes #differential
Differential Diagnosis of Headache - Table

 - Cluster headache
 - Migraine
 - Paroxysmal hemicrania
 - Short-lasting
Differential Diagnosis ... and tearing - Tension ... Headache #Primary #Differential
Causes of Headache - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary: Tension, Migraine, Cluster
Extracranial: Medications, Sinusitis, TMJ disorder, Cervicogenic, Glaucoma,
of Headache - Differential ... Algorithm Primary: Tension ... uw_IMresidency #Headache #Differential