What's the Diagnosis? By Dr. Lynn Manganiello
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A 2 year old F presents to the ED with her parents with concern that she may have ingested a coin.
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Lynn Manganiello, DO
Burns, part 2
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Bonus pearls about burns!
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What's the Diagnosis? By Dr. Lynn Manganiello
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A 13 year old female presents with right 5th digit pain and deformity after she hyperextended her finger while catching a basketball.
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Burn Basics
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Here we review some burn basics in a post by our recent grad Lynn Manganiello! She may have moved on up in the world, but she's still here teaching us on EM Daily! Next week, we'll review some of the complications of burns.
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Back-to-Basics: Urinary Retention
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Can't pee? All the pearls about urinary retention
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What's the Diagnosis? By Dr. Lynn Manganiello
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A 70 yo presents to your ED intubated by medics. The patient was reportedly having worsening respiratory distress, was trialed on CPAP but failed, ultimately requiring intubation prior to ED arrival. A stat portable CXR is done and shown below. What's the diagnosis? (scroll down for answer)
Answer: Complete opacification of R hemithorax
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Back to Basics: Open Fractures
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What is an open fracture? How to we manage them? What antibiotics should you give and when?
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Back to Basics: Orbital Compartment Syndrome
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Orbital compartment syndrome is a critical diagnosis to make and treat promptly. Are you prepared to recognize it and perform the vision-saving procedure?
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Meningitis Basics
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Rarely a shift goes by when one doesn't consider meningitis on the differential. Here we review the basics of this disease, including most common organisms, recommended antibitioc treatment, and more!
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Tracheostomy Basics
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EM Daily's critical care section has done several excellent posts on tracheostomy management. Here we take a step back and review the basics of tracheostomies.
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