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Acute Mountain Sickness 
Low partial pressure of oxygen at high altitude 
• Stop ascent 
• Supportive
Acute Mountain Sickness ... oxygen at high altitude ... #Mountain #Sickness ... Diagnosis #Management #Altitude
Medications for High-Altitude Sickness 
Acetazolarnide 
 • Carbonic Anydrase Inhibitor Bicarb diuresis & metabolic Acidosis ->
Medications for High-Altitude ... Sickness Acetazolarnide ... #HighAltitude #Altitude ... #Sickness #Medications
Altitude Sickness: Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE) and High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
Altitude Sickness ... Acute Mountain Sickness ... (AMS), High Altitude ... HACE) and High Altitude ... #Sickness #Mountain
Burn Injury - Depth and Grading Degrees
Superficial thickness (first degree): 
 • Painful, Does not blister,
Degrees Superficial thickness ... or intermediate thickness ... Superficial partial thickness ... • Deep partial thickness ... less painful Full thickness
Differential Diagnosis: Cyanosis - Mnemonic "COLD PALMS"
Peripheral cyanosis 
• Cold 
• Obstruction 
• LVF and shock
Polycythemia • Altitude
Pressure Ulcer Staging
Stage 1 - Skin intact. Non-blanchable erythema
Stage 2 - Partial loss of dermis. Shallow
Stage 3 - Full thickness ... Stage 4 - Full thickness
Oxygen-Hemoglobin Dissociation Curve

Left Shift (↓ O2 unloading to tissue), Left = Lower:
 • ↓ H+ (↑
2,3-BPG • High Altitude
Dermatology Punch Skin Biopsy Demonstration

Useful for obtaining a full-thickness skin biopsy.

#Punch #Biopsy #clinical #video #dermatology #procedure
obtaining a full-thickness
Seborrheic keratosis 
 - Well-circumscribed, stuck-on appearance 
 - Waxy texture 
 - Verrucous surface
Variable color, thickness
Pressure (Decubitus) Ulcer Staging
Stage I 
Presence ofa reddened area that fails to blanche with pressure, and
Partial-thickness ... skin, with full-thickness ... There is full-thickness