Abdominal Key

CASE SCENARIO Print Section Listen A 22-year-old man complains of shortness of breath and chest pain after a motorcycle crash. He is breathing spontaneously but has decreased breath sounds on…

CASE SCENARIO Print Section Listen A 25-year-old man is brought the emergency room by emergency medical services (EMS) directly from the scene of a shooting. On arrival in the trauma…

CASE SCENARIO Print Section Listen A 19-year-old helmeted motorcyclist is brought to the emergency department by ambulance after a crash at approximately 55 miles per hour. He is combative, pale,…

CASE SCENARIO Print Section Listen A 22-year-old man was brought to the emergency department (ED) after a motor vehicle accident. The patient was entrapped and restrained in the passenger seat…

CASE SCENARIO Print Section Listen A 22-year-old man presents to the emergency room after being involved in a motor vehicle accident in which his car was struck from the side….

CASE SCENARIO Print Section Listen A 45-year-old man with no significant past medical history was a restrained driver in a motor vehicle collision. Paramedics report significant damage to the vehicle,…

CASE SCENARIO Print Section Listen A 47-year-old woman is the restrained driver in a high-speed motor vehicle crash. She has a prolonged extrication time and is brought to the trauma…

CASE SCENARIO Print Section Listen A 45-year-old man with a past medical history of hypertension presents to the emergency room with a 2-day history of rectal fullness and perirectal pain….

CASE SCENARIO Print Section Listen A 53-year-old obese man presents to the emergency department complaining of one day of progressive pain and swelling of his scrotum, with a rash over…

CASE SCENARIO Print Section Listen A 61-year-old woman with a history of Roux-en-y gastric bypass for morbid obesity presents with dysphagia and vomiting. She undergoes esophagogastroscopy at an outside institution…