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Common Elbow Trama - Overview
#Management #Ortho #Common #Elbow #Trauma #Table #Overview
Common Elbow Trama ... Common #Elbow #Trauma
Clamp Types - Common Surgical Instruments
Also called locking forceps, these are ratcheted instruments used to hold
Clamp Types - Common ... and non-toothed clamp ... • Kelly Clamp ... • Kocher Clamp ... Traumatic toothed clamp
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
• Scalpel - clamp ... Apply clamp/pressure ... procedure #emergency #trauma
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Framework Heat Cramps ... Collapse: • Pathophysiology ... - Abdominal cramps ... Persistent muscle cramps ... Thirst, Muscle cramps
BiPAP titration in CHF
 - Mean airway pressure provides goodness 
 - Ramp up the ePAP
provides goodness - Ramp ... - Ramp up iPAP
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Neurochemical abnormalities
 • Hyper-vigilance
 • Emotional hyper-arousal
 • Exaggerated startle reflex
 • Anxiety
Re-experiencing of trauma ... key aspects of trauma ... BehavioralDisorder #Pathophysiology
Diabetes Pathophysiology and Medication Targets

The ominous octet is one concept that summarizes the different pathophysiologic pathways
Diabetes Pathophysiology ... the different pathophysiologic ... #Diabetes #Pathophysiology
Causes of Hemoptysis - BATTLE CAMP Mnemonic:

Bronchitis 
Bronchiectasis 
Aspergilloma 
Tumor 
Tuberculosis 
Lung abscess 
Emboli (pulmonary) 
Coagulopathy
Hemoptysis - BATTLE CAMP
Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: ED Thoracotomy Instructions
1. CALL FOR HELP.
2. GATHER SUPPLIES.
   +/- Sterile gloves,
: Sternal saw, trauma ... Massage Cross-Clamp ... procedure #emergency #trauma
Subtrochanteric Femur Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Subtrochanteric region spans 5 cm distally from the
trochanter • Major traumas ... Causes: • Major trauma ... differential #causes #pathophysiology