Mastering Minor Care: Bartholin Gland Abscess
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Dr. Gabor reviews normal anatomy and pathology of the Bartholin gland, and discusses multiple treatment strategies to manage this condition.
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Grand Rounds Recap 12.11.24
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Another week, another great Grand Rounds! First, Dr. Lang takes us through the evidence behind our common treatment of low back pain. Next, Drs. Boyer and Segev give us a evidence guided management of the acutely ischemic limb. Next, Dr. Hajdu takes us through a difficult case of cardiac arrest in the ED. Finally, we learn all about infections of the pelvis and perineum with Dr. Guay!
Read MoreMastering Minor Care: Nasal Septal Hematoma
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This complication of blunt facial trauma is nothing to turn your nose up at! Join us as we review relevant anatomy and walk through the management of nasal septal hematomas.
Read MoreMastering Minor Care: Knee Arthrocentesis
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Water on the knee? Dr. De Castro walks us through knee arthrocentesis. Join us as we discuss procedural pearls, ultrasound versus landmark guided approaches, and more!
Read MoreMastering Minor Care: Concussion
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Join us as we “knock out” an outline for the evaluation and management of patients presenting to the ED with a concussion. Dr. Arnold highlights the importance of thorough discharge instructions and strict return precautions.
Read MoreMastering Minor Care: Paronychia and Felon
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Dr. Rodriguez and Dr. Arnold share some pointers on the diagnosis and management of common fingertip pathologies.
Read MoreMastering Minor Care: Dog Bites
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Don’t worry I’m a DOG-ter! Join Dr. Yates for a deep dive into dogbites covering which wounds to repair, when to consider antibiotics and whether a rabies vaccine is indicated.
Read MoreMastering Minor Care: Peritonsillar Abscess
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Drooling? Muffled voice? Clinically suspicious of a peritonsillar abscess? Join Dr. Diaz for a review of the diagnosis and definitive management of this common Minor Care presentation.
Read MoreMastering Minor Care: Hydrofluoric Acid Exposure
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Although hand injuries are often triaged to minor care/fast track, not all of these injuries are so minor in nature. Join Dr. Adam Gottula and Dr. Bennett Lane as they discuss one of the most fear hand injuries: Hydrofluoric Acid Exposure.
Read MoreMastering Minor Care: Auricular Hematoma
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You are finally done with your initial trauma assessment when you see a purple, swollen ear. You know this auricular hematoma needs to be evacuated but where to start? What’s the latest on bolstering? Join Dr. Ijaz as he goes through the basics and the latest on auricular hematoma management.
Read MoreMore Than a Sore Throat: Acute Epiglottitis
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Not all sore throats are created equal. Join Dr. Stephanie Winslow as she discusses one of the most concerning presentations of sore throat in an adult: Epiglottitis.
Read MoreMastering Minor Care: Management of Migraines
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Sometimes finding a way to treat a migraine in a patient can induce a migraine in ourselves! Join Dr. Zalesky in learning about the diagnosis of migraines, the red flags associated with the diagnosis, and learning how to best manage a patient that walks through your emergency department doors with disabling migraine.
Read MoreMinor Care Series: Fingertip Injuries
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Not all fingertip injuries are created equal. From a box cutter slice to a crush injury, your time and investment into these patients’ injuries varies quite significantly and we need to be ready to be expert at all options. Dr. Li guides us in a quick run down of the injury and repair types of fingertip injuries in this month’s Mastering Minor Care.
Read MoreConjunctivitis
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It's been a busy night in the SRU. You've already sent two traumas to the OR, given tPA to an acute stroke, and sent a post-arrest patient up to the MICU. As you walk back to your computer to finally take a sip of now cold coffee, you notice there's a new patient in A2. The chief complaint, conjunctivitis. You sigh as you try to recall the differential for the red eye. You think to yourself, I wish they actually covered eyes in medical school. Read on to learn how to care majorly about a “minor” complaint. And no, all is not solved by some antibiotic drops.
Read MoreAnnals of B-Pod: Mastering Minor Care
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Fingertip injury is a common presentation with a lot of practice pattern variation. we tapped the guru himself, Dr. Trott, to teach us the latest in caring for nailbed injuries.
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