Kinematics
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Kinematics (kn-mtks) n: The science of pure motion, considered without reference to the matter or objects moved or to the force producing or changing the motion….
UROLOGY
Epidemiology
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Injury is not an “accident” but rather a disease, much like malaria, tuberculosis and other public health problems, or cancer and heart disease. Injury, like other…
CHEST TRAUMA
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…
PENETRATING TRAUMA
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…
INTRA-ABDOMINAL HEMORRHAGE
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,…
DIAPHRAGMATIC INJURY
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…
GENITOURINARY INJURIES
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….
PANCREATIC INJURY
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,…
BLUNT INTESTINAL INJURY
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…
ANORECTAL ABSCESS
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….
