A 12 year old male presents to the ED from an outside hospital (OSH) after accidentally ingesting 3 ‘buckyballs‘ while playing with a toy just prior to arrival…
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“This video demonstrates proper technique for performing a hematoma block prior to reducing a distal radius fracture…”
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Read the HPI and think about the questions on the title slide before watching the video. Put yourself at the bedside of this patient and form your own diagnostic and management plan. Designed to help you actually rehearse what you’re going to say and do at the bedside of a sick patient, keep tuning in each week for the same format but new and high yield Emergency Medicine pearls…
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Despite being on the mind of nearly every emergency medicine (EM) provider, and impacting how we deliver care, the legal system and how it applies to the emergency department (ED) remains largely a black box for most physicians, fraught with hearsay, folklore, and anecdote--some of which carries weight, and some easily refuted. With that in mind, below is a review of some recent literature as it pertains to the medicolegal practice of EM, with the author’s take…
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