Dunn RJ
Bob Dunn We know it can be hard to keep up with all the changes to The Emergency Medicine Manual Online, so to help with this from now on, we will be sending you a monthly update email. The email will contain the last 30 updates to the manual (usually about one month’s worth) with direct links to … Read more
The Management of fractures & dislocations page has been updated including additional information regarding the management of open fractures.
[avatar user=”robjdunn” size=”original” align=”left” /] The Chest wall injuries page has been updated with additional information regarding the imaging of rib fractures and role of chest wall stabilisation surgery following chest trauma.
The Management of the trauma patient page has been updated with additional information about damage control orthopaedics and the surgical priority of aortic injury repair.
[avatar user=”robjdunn” size=”original” align=”left” /] The Management of the trauma patient page has been updated with additional information about the surgical priorities in trauma.
[avatar user=”robjdunn” size=”original” align=”left” /] The Assessment of pelvic fractures and Management of pelvic trauma pages have been updated, including additional information regarding the role of angiographic embolisation in the bleeding patient.
Details of Pilon, LeFort and Tillaux – Chaput fractures around the ankle, as well as some other things about ankle fractures, have been added to the Ankle and foot injuries page.
The Ankle and foot injuries page has been updated with additional information about Gissane’s angle and the classification of calcaneal fractures.
The Ankle and foot injuries page has been updated with additional information about Lisfanc injuries to the foot.
The triage sort table on the On site disaster management page has been divided into two, to make the classification clearer.
The Deep venous thrombosis page has been updated with additional information about age adjusted d-dimer levels.
The Other anti-coagulants page has had a number of additions, including an expanded segment on when NOACs may be indicated, and situations where warfarin has an advantage.
A table outlining the effects of different anti-coagulants on common tests of coagulation has been added to the Coagulation testing page.
The Reversal of anti-coagulation page has been updated with additional information about the reversal of anti-coagulation due to NOACs
Additional information about the limitations of the PERC rule have been added to the Pulmonary embolism page.
The Assessment of asthma page has been updated with additional information about allergic pulmonary aspergillosis and a revision of the segment on the complications of asthma.
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Comment It looks like most people think that examination skills are currently given enough or slightly too much importance in the ACEM Fellowship exam. This might be an interesting poll to repeat after the change of exam format in 2015.