Category: EMR
- Pediatric Shock ()
The only way to defeat pediatric shock is to stay in front of it The mechanism of injury can provide useful clues to finding shock in pediatric patients before it is too late. If the patient lost any blood, possibly ruptured a hollow organ, or became dehydrated after being locked in a hot car for […]
- Pediatric Trauma ()
Anatomical, physiological, and psychological differences between children and adults have important implications for the initial assessment and management of pediatric trauma victims. Children have less fat, more elastic connective tissue, and a pliable skeleton protecting tightly packed abdominal and thoracic structures. The force of an impact is transmitted widely through a child’s body, resulting in […]
- Geriatric Trauma ()
Assessment of the geriatric trauma patient is unique, and this population requires special attention. As the elderly population increases, the number of geriatric trauma patients also rises. Age-related changes can make caring for geriatric patients challenging and places them at greater risk of morbidity and mortality. Geriatric patients often suffer from mild to severe cognitive […]
- Incidence And Complications of Burns ()
Burn injuries are a significant problem with more than 500,000 people seeking medical treatment, 40,000 resultant hospitalizations, and 4000 deaths per year in the United States.1 The annual cost of treating these burns is estimated to be in excess of U.S. $ 1 billion, not including the indirect costs of disability and rehabilitation. These statistics have […]
- Another Trip Into The Circulatory System ()
Classification & Structure of Blood Vessels Blood vessels are the channels or conduits through which blood is distributed to body tissues. The vessels make up two closed systems of tubes that begin and end at the heart. One system, the pulmonary vessels, transports blood from the right ventricle to the lungs and back to the left atrium. The other system, the systemic vessels, […]
- Structures Of The Heart ()
Cardiac Muscle Contracts, Conducts Electricity, And Sometimes Generates It’s Own Impulse Recall that cardiac muscle shares a few characteristics with both skeletal muscle and smooth muscle, but it has some unique properties of its own. Not the least of these exceptional properties is its ability to initiate an electrical potential at a fixed rate that […]
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