Tag: emergency room
Peripheral Vascular Trauma
Types of Injuries
Penetrating Trauma
Mechanasim
Stab Wound
Low velocity bullet wounds
Blunt Trauma
Mechanasim
Motor vehicle accidents
Falls from Heights
These injuries may or may not be associated with bony fractures...
Shock and its management
It is a clinical state characterized by hypotension, tachycardia, cold & clammy extremities and excessive sweating due to decreased perfusion at the cellular level. ...
Spinal trauma and its management
Early diagnosis of injury, preservation of spinal cord function, maintenance and restoration of spinal alignment and stability are the key to successful management.
Evaluation for...
Polytrauma
Primary Survey
History (AMPLE)
Allergy, medication, past medical experience, last oral intake, events surrounding the injury.
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
A team approach involving physicians, nurses, technicians & trained paramedical...
Thoracic Trauma
Primary Survey
History: AMPLE
A-- allergies, M--- medication, P-- past medical experience, L-- last oral intake, E-- events surrounding the injury
Physical Examination
Airway, Breathing, Circulation,...
Ectopic Pregnancy
Ectopic pregnancy results from implantation of fertilized ovum outside the uterine cavity, mostly in a fallopian tube. Pre-existing disease affecting the tube (salpingitis), appendicitis,...
Acute pancreatitis
Inflammatory process ranges from mild oedema to necrosis of pancreas & peripancreatic tissues. Clinically it presents as abrupt onset of epigastric pain, frequently with...
Chance Fracture
Chance fracture (also known by the name of fracture of the spine, transverse fracture of the spine, seat belt injury) is a flexion injury...