This month we have New in EM – BP targets in spinal cord injury | Guidelines for EM – New Zealand Chest Wall Injury | Gender and assessment of abdominal pain with Charlotte Underwood.
This month we have New in EM – BP targets in spinal cord injury | Guidelines for EM – New Zealand Chest Wall Injury | Gender and assessment of abdominal pain with Charlotte Underwood.
“Doctor to cubicle 5 for c-spine assessment please,” you hear over the tannoy”.
Most patients arrive with c-spine immobilisation, now called “restriction of c-spine movement or ROCSM”, in situ. If they haven’t, and they need it, there’s a few steps to take.
Managing the paediatric c-spine
The biggest cause of spinal injuries in children is road traffic collisions, particularly those with high speed, a rollover or an ejection from the vehicle, with second place going to falls in younger children and sporting injuries in older children.
This month we have Parental concern and critical illness in children | Acute behavioural disturbance in the ED (Part Two) | Clearing paediatric C-spine with CT imaging only | New Online.
Poor old lumbar spine – it does a lot of the heavy lifting for the body but probably doesn’t get anywhere near the attention of the cervical spine when it comes to trauma.
An 18-year-old male self-presents to the ED 36 hours after falling from a rooftop while intoxicated.
30 questions. 30 minutes. Test yourself against your colleagues!
Abdominal wall bruising in a 9-year-old girl following a car vs car road traffic accident.
Understanding mechanism of injury is a crucial aspect of managing patients who have suffered traumatic injuries. This module aims to provide an overview on attaining this information and its translation into patient care.
Understanding mechanism of injury is a crucial aspect of managing patients who have suffered traumatic injuries. This session aims to provide an overview on attaining this information and its translation into patient care.
This month Graham talks to our very own Rob Hirst about establishing the research priorities of emergency medicine trainees, patients and carers across the UK and Ireland: the TERN Delphi study. Then Susie Roy discusses Cervical spine movements during laryngoscopy and orotracheal intubation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
A 56-year-old plumber attends with lower back pain and urinary incontinence.
Trauma Pre-alert for a 35-year-old gentleman who sustained injury to head and back after diving into the shallow end of a swimming pool.
Cervical spine immobilisation is the most commonly performed procedure in pre-hospital care
Trauma Pre-alert for a 35-year-old gentleman who sustained injury to head and back after diving into the shallow end of a swimming pool.
Don’t trip yourself up in patients with trauma and neurological symptoms.
Cervical spine injuries are rare but potentially devastating. Immobilisation of the cervical spine on the slightest suspicion of injury is recommended by most resuscitation courses.
The alert phone goes: the ambulance team are bringing in a 2 year old girl who has fallen down a flight of stairs