Trauma/Emergencies — Flashcards

A(n) _____ sign of extremity vascular trauma includes pulsatile bleeding

What is the likely diagnosis in a young female that presents with tenderness to palpation along the 2nd metatarsal bone who is an avid runner w/ a BMI of 18? _____

Testicular torsion is a pathology of the testes that can lead to a small _____

Post-trauma, widened mediastinum and left-sided hemothorax → tracheal deviation is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

Linear skull fractures that are closed (no overlying wound) are _____

Hint: treatment

Young woman who is constipated and pain with defecation / blood is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

CXR showing a nasogastric tube in the pulmonary cavity is diagnostic of _____

What is the next step in management for a patient with complete upper urinary tract obstruction due to a stone, who also presents with systemic symptoms? _____

Blunt abdominal trauma causing fracture of the right 8th and 9th ribs leading to hypotension, free intraperitoneal fluid, RUQ pain/bruising and right shoulder pain is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

In scoliosis, a Cobb angle of >30 degrees is treated with _____