A 21-year-old male presents with pain, swelling, and obvious deformity to his right elbow after falling on his outstretched right hand while taking a turn too sharply on his motorcycle…
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A 75-year-old-female with a past medical history of dementia, diaphragm dysfunction, OSA on CPAP, presents to the Emergency Department for a fall. She is not on any blood thinning medications. Patient was found in the basement by her husband who believes she tripped over her oxygen tubing…
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On one of the last nights of my orthopedic rotation of intern year, I saw a 92-year-old lady who had fallen down two stairs at home…
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Knee arthrocentesis is a crucial procedure that all emergency medicine physicians should be comfortable performing. This video from Brown Emergency Medicine covers the ins and outs of knee arthrocentesis, including indications, contraindications, and step by step instructions.
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A 20-year-old otherwise healthy male presents to the emergency department for right lower extremity pain after being tackled during a football scrimmage 2 days ago. He thought it would get better over time by taking ibuprofen, but still cannot walk on it…
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