Mastering Minor Care: Nasal Septal Hematoma
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This complication of blunt facial trauma is nothing to turn your nose up at! Join us as we review relevant anatomy and walk through the management of nasal septal hematomas.
Read MoreMastering Minor Care: Knee Arthrocentesis
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Water on the knee? Dr. De Castro walks us through knee arthrocentesis. Join us as we discuss procedural pearls, ultrasound versus landmark guided approaches, and more!
Read MoreMastering Minor Care: Hand Lacerations
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Hand lacerations are common, from cutting ham to avocado to the incidental hand-through-glass presentation. Join Nicole Barkados as she reviews the can’t-miss history, physical and repair tips for your next hand lac.
Read MoreMastering Minor Care: Hydrofluoric Acid Exposure
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Although hand injuries are often triaged to minor care/fast track, not all of these injuries are so minor in nature. Join Dr. Adam Gottula and Dr. Bennett Lane as they discuss one of the most fear hand injuries: Hydrofluoric Acid Exposure.
Read MoreMastering Minor Care: Auricular Hematoma
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You are finally done with your initial trauma assessment when you see a purple, swollen ear. You know this auricular hematoma needs to be evacuated but where to start? What’s the latest on bolstering? Join Dr. Ijaz as he goes through the basics and the latest on auricular hematoma management.
Read MoreMore Than a Sore Throat: Acute Epiglottitis
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Not all sore throats are created equal. Join Dr. Stephanie Winslow as she discusses one of the most concerning presentations of sore throat in an adult: Epiglottitis.
Read MoreMastering Minor Care: Dental Fractures
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Is there an Ellis class IV? You ask yourself as you look at a fractured tooth… Start your Monday off with a review the classification and management of dental fractures with Dr. Eileen Hall.
Read MoreMastering Minor Care: Management of Epistaxis
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How often do we see the elderly patient that comes into the ED with the chief complaint of “nosebleed”? Although these visits are usually straightforward, sometimes they are not. Be prepared for the next complicated nosebleed you see by reading this post by Dr. Ijaz who nose a thing or two about epistaxis!
Read MoreMinor Care Series: Fingertip Injuries
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Not all fingertip injuries are created equal. From a box cutter slice to a crush injury, your time and investment into these patients’ injuries varies quite significantly and we need to be ready to be expert at all options. Dr. Li guides us in a quick run down of the injury and repair types of fingertip injuries in this month’s Mastering Minor Care.
Read MoreMinor Care Series: The Swollen Eyelid
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In this month’s Minor Care Series we discuss some common eyelid disorders. We will also review some tear duct anatomy and answer the time-old question “What’s the difference between a hordeolum and a chalazion?” Read on, future masters of the eyelid…
Read MoreMinor Care Series: Eyelid Lacerations
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Lacerations. We close these all the time, right? But what if it is on the eyelid? Do we close these and what should we be looking for? Read on, as Dr. Li walks us through the evaluation and management of these (sometimes) complicated patients.
Read MoreMinor Care Series: Uveitis
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Our Minor Care Series continues with another case of the red eye! This time we discuss uveitis. But what exactly is the uvea? Is uveitis the same as iritis? And what do these patients need in the ED? Read on to answer these questions and more!
Read MoreGrand Rounds Recap 11.29.17
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This week Dr. Lagasse gave us a great M&M covering intra-ocular foreign bodies, empyema management in the ED and septic cardiomyopathy. Dr. Iparraguirre lead small groups in EKG case studies in heart blocks, followed by Drs Nagle and LaFollette squaring off in a CPC of an undifferentiated patient with aphasia. Drs Goel and McKee wrapped up this week with a clinical soapbox on patient turnover and a case follow up of lytics in massive PE.
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