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Mastering Minor Care: Hand Lacerations
Hand lacerations are common, from cutting ham to avocado to the incidental hand-through-glass presentation. Join Nicole Barkados as she reviews the can’t-miss history, physical and repair tips for your next hand lac.
Grand Rounds Recap 06.09.21
This week’s Grand Rounds was kicked off with our inaugural “The Art of EM” lecture that included a panel of our esteemed non-UC trained faculty members Drs. Lang, Minges, D.Thompson, Adan, and Stolz. Dr. Gillespie then expertly led us through hand infections in her R1 Clinical Knowledge lecture. Drs. Comiskey & Crawford took us on a deep dive of the literature surrounding the evaluation and management of DVTs. Lastly, our PEM colleagues walked us through a great video-simulation case series on critical pediatric cardiac pathology!
Moonlighter - Recap
This is our final recap of our "Out on a Limb" Case Series! If you missed the initial "Moonlighter" case and discussion you can check it out here. There were a number of great responses to the questions which we'll recap below.
Q1 - What are your options in handling this situation?
You have a few options in handling this situation. As many of the respondents chimed in, the wound definitely needs to be cleaned out and closed and the patient requires antibiotics as soon as is reasonably and safely possible, especially since the injury is already 6 hours old. The first option is to complete a sedation and multilayer repair in the ED yourself. As many people point out, this is not an excellent proposition unless there are extreme extenuating circumstances.