A 78-year-old man on clopidogrel presents after a fall with rib fractures, pulmonary contusion and haemothorax; ED erector spinae plane block has provided effective analgesia and improved oxygenation.
A 78-year-old man on clopidogrel presents after a fall with rib fractures, pulmonary contusion and haemothorax; ED erector spinae plane block has provided effective analgesia and improved oxygenation.
An elderly lady is brought to your ED by ambulance after falling at home. She is hypotensive, tachypnoeic and agitated. She has a wound on her right shin with no active bleeding.
Best practice advice on how Emergency Departments should implement screening programmes and balance these with the need to assess and treat acute illness and injury.
Serratus anterior plane block can be used as multimodal analgesia for rib fractures in the trauma patient. This module outlines the ultrasound guided technique.
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Serratus anterior plane block can be used as multimodal analgesia for rib fractures in the trauma patient. This session outlines the ultrasound guided technique.
A low impact fall in a 64-year-old woman has caused her medial thigh pain. What injuries has she sustained?
Recap of the ASC 2022 conference
Don’t trip yourself up in patients with trauma and neurological symptoms.
A 92-year-old man attends the emergency department complaining that his right shoulder “looks a funny shape”.
Fracture of the neck of the femur is a common injury and the incidence is increasing although it is not always easy to diagnose. The majority of fractures are caused by falls in the elderly and the fracture usually occurs through osteoporotic bone