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Disclamer: This site is intended for The Brooklyn Hospital Center EM Residency purposes only and no information on this site is intended or should be construed as medical advice.

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resource for bilirubin chart for your jaundiced babies in the peds ED.

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Ultrasound for fractures. Check out this video podcast on distal radius fracture. Great for pediatrics! 

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PALLIATIVE CARE for CRITICAL CARE PRACTITIONERS

ways to discuss DNR/DNI with families.

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INCISION & DRAINAGE of ABSCESS

for review.

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NURSEMAID'S ELBOW

A toddler held by hand who has the hand pulled as the child and adult lurch in opposite directions.

A toddler is pulled by the wrist up and over an obstacle

An arm is pulled through the sleeve of a sweater or coat

Treatment consists of closed reduction to return radial head to normal position.

Reduction achieved by forearm supination and elbow flexion.

Immobilize the elbow and palpate the region of the radial head

Apply axial compression at the wrist while supinating the forearm and flexing the elbow

A click or snap can be felt at the radial head.

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Jones Criteria

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Ortho Traumapedia app

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32-year-old woman with mitral valve prolapse presented to our emergency department with 24 hours of worsening left hip pain exacerbated by movement and weight bearing. She had no other systemic, infectious, or rheumatologic symptoms. Physical examination revealed no local signs of inflammation, but pain was reproducible with passive range of motion. Movement of her other joints did not cause pain. 

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51-year-old man presented to the emergency department after jumping to “spike” a volleyball and landing on an inverted right foot. At the scene, the patient had experienced immediate pain and a lateral deformity of his right ankle. He was unable to bear weight.

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A 40-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED), complaining of severe left ankle pain. She stated that just before arrival, she twisted her ankle and then fell to the ground. She had no medical history and had no previous injuries to the affected ankle. 

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A 42-year-old man presented to the emergency department after he felt a “snap” while descending a stairway at a construction site. He complained of severe left knee pain and inability to bear weight.

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Ultrasound apps

check out these amazing ultrasound apps. good for ipads and iphones. 

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Parkland formula: 4 ml/kg/%TBSA Fluid resuscitation with LR over the first 24 hours Give half in first 8 hours Give second half in the next 16 hours

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William Randolph Hearst Burn Center NYP/Cornell [phone] Patient Transfer to NYP: 1-800-NYP-STAT

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From the NYC All EM conference -------------------------------------- ED THORACOTOMY - Penetrating trauma with signs of life - Blunt trauma (dies in front of you) Open? Move on? Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast.

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Doctors and mistakes. [courtesy of] Dr. Khan

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Learning Library. Resource for every kind of EKG you can imagine.