“A 28-year-old female presents to the emergency department for a chief complaint of finger pain after getting her hand caught in her car door. She presents with pain and blueish discoloration to the proximal aspect of the right thumb fingernail…”
Read MoreWatch this video for a detailed description of the recognition and emergency management of a distal radius fracture.
Read MoreThe patient in this case is a 64-year-old male with a history of hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, rheumatic heart disease, and a previous C3-C6 laminectomy and fusion who presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with a chief complaint of new-onset, bilateral upper extremity weakness and paresthesia following an unwitnessed fall…
Read MoreAs emergency medicine physicians, we are often in the position of screening for and diagnosing abuse and neglect in childhood…
Read MoreA TAE occurs when a lesion extends into the joint capsule of the elbow, contaminating the articular space of a joint and increasing risk of infection. Patients typically present to the ED as a trauma (such as an motor vehicle collision or gunshot wound). Early identification of TAEs allows for timely washout and debridement. Inadequately identified and managed TAEs increase patients’ risks of septic arthritis, decreased mobility, chronic pain, and mortality [1]…
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