Anatomy for Emergency Medicine 023 – Shoulder: Dislocations

December 18, 2012 by · 4 Comments

This is a fun one. We all love a good dislocation.

I cannot recommend shoulderdislocation.net enough. Spend some time there, get a room, enjoy the view. There’s some great stuff on there.

If you’re into papers then this one from Neil Cunningham from a few years ago has some great stuff in it.

Here’s a video of the technique in action

Image credits:

Radiopaedia.org: Shoulder dislocation with fracture greater tuberosity

Shoulderdoc.co.uk: Rupture long head biceps.

PS apologies for audio on this one. Levels were set wrong.

Filed Under: Anatomy in EM, ortho, shoulder reduction · Tagged: , ,

Anatomy for Emergency Medicine 020: shoulder – the rotator cuff

November 10, 2012 by · Leave a Comment

OK we’re back with another podcast. Sorry it’s been so long.

We’ll be on the shoulder for the next 3 or 4 videos so hope you enjoy it. Here’s the rotator cuff.

FOAMed Resources:

shoulderdoc.co.uk

radiopaedia

and here are some of the videos.

Of note BJSM has a whole channel of ortho related examinations

LITFL also have a section on clinical exam that has some nice links.

 

 

Filed Under: Anatomy in EM, FOAM, ortho · Tagged: , , ,

Anatomy for Emergency Medicine 015: SMA Syndrome

May 16, 2012 by · 2 Comments

Nothing to do with milk formula.

This is yet another Zebra diagnosis but it’s a great one for illustrating some of the relevant anatomy. Let me know what you think.

Here’s the link to the article mentioned.

Rudinsky, Sherri L, and Michael J Matteucci. “Emergency Department Presentation of Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome: Two Cases in Marine Corps Recruits..” JEM 42, no. 2 (February 2012): 155–158. PMID 19111427

Filed Under: Anatomy in EM · Tagged: , , ,

Anatomy for Emergency Medicine 001: Cervical Spine

December 13, 2011 by · 18 Comments

This is an idea I’ve had for a while now and have been attempting with varying degrees of success on the blog.

I’m an ED trainee of sorts but I’ve managed to find myself teaching anatomy full time for a few years. So in an effort to combine the two and create a somewhat unfilled niche in the blogosphere I’ve been developing some material specifically for anatomy for EM.

The written stuff wasn’t quite cutting it so at David Thorisson‘s suggestion I recorded a little video version.

I hope to make a whole series of these and I’d love your ideas or topics to cover. So far I’ve been mainly thinking about things that interest me but it might be nice to tie in with the curricula for the membership/fellowship exams too.

Hopefully my accent isn’t too impenetrable and despite appearances I do speak English as a first language.

These are free to download and use as you wish under a creative commons license.

Would love to hear your feedback.

 

Filed Under: Anatomy in EM · Tagged: , ,