The EDUCATIONAL BLOG OF BROWN EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY
WELCOME TO THE BROWN EM BLOG, THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE BROWN EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY
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WELCOME TO THE BROWN EM BLOG, THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE BROWN EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY -
In this space we hope to enable Brown EM residents, fellows, faculty and medical students to publish educational blog posts, podcasts, discussion questions, journal reviews, procedural videos and images, or general musings to share with the medical community. This site is a #FOAMed friendly repository of knowledge. Please feel free to comment, like or share with others!
Traumatic fingertip amputations are among the most frequently encountered hand injuries in the emergency department, particularly affecting individuals engaged in manual labor using hand tools with metal blades. A review of data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System from 1997 to 2016 showed that 464,026 patients sustained a finger amputation in the US, with an estimated yearly incidence of 7.5/100,000 person-years…