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Lightning Strike Electrical Injury
Types of Lightning Strikes: Direct, Side Splash, Contact injury, Ground current
ELECTRICAL INJURIES: Primary
Strike Electrical Injury ... Splash, Contact injury ... determination of injury ... INJURY TYPES: 1 ... VASC: necrosis,
Posterior Knee Dislocation Injury
Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE DISLOCATIONS can have significant associated injury that needs unique approach
Knee Dislocation Injury ... significant associated injury ... with mechanism of injury ... signal vascular injury ... needed for neuro/vasc
Toaster Electrocution Electrical Injury
Primary determination of injury extent = amount of CURRENT flowing through body.
VARIABLES: voltage,
Electrocution Electrical Injury ... determination of injury ... INJURY TYPES 1. ... VASC: necrosis, ... with low-voltage injury
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
spinal artery injury ... function below injury ... below level of injury ... tumour causing injury ... Acute #SpinalCord #Injury
Stroke and bleeding risk stratification with the CHADS2-VASc and HAS-BLED schemas

#Diagnosis #Hematology #CHADS2 #CHADS2VASc #HASBLED #Comparison
with the CHADS2-VASc
Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation - CHA2DS2-VASc

I always tell my students, one of the first thing you
Fibrillation - CHA2DS2-VASc ... calculate a CHADS-VASc ... differ on CHADS-VASc
Transducer location to evaluate the femoral vein and normal ultrasound images showing common femoral artery (A)
EM #Radiology #Vasc
Focused Abdominal Aorta Ultrasound - Transducer positions for aortic scan. Proximal (A), Mid-aorta (B), Distal (C),
EM #Radiology #Vasc
Transducer location to evaluate the popliteal vein and normal ultrasound images showing popliteal artery (A) and
EM #Radiology #Vasc
Sickle Cell Vaso-Occlusive Crisis

#SickleCell #Crisis #Vasoocclusive #AcuteChestSyndrome #ACS #Pathophysiology #Hematology
Sickle Cell Vaso-Occlusive