Background: Fingertip amputations are not an uncommon injury seen in the emergency department. Treatment options range from healing by secondary intention to flap coverage or replantation. Selection of the appropriate…
…outcomes of transfusion requirements (at 4 and 24 hours), complications in-hospital (to include deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, stroke, renal failure, myocardial infarction, compartment syndrome or amputation of the limb,…
…amputation 50% of IIIC injuries result in amputation (Jedlicka 2012) TAKE HOME POINTS: Prioritize ABCs and systematic evaluation of the trauma patient with an open fracture as one third of…
…sample study of obese patients presenting to an urban ED. Excluded: Any existing condition that might preclude IO access i.e. overlying infection, trauma, prior amputation) (authors state no exclusions encountered…
…approach to resuscitation. Patients who are truly exsanguinating will likely arrest if you attempt to intubate them first. One of the prototypical wartime injuries was the traumatic amputation leading to…
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