Oct 17, 2016

This episode covers Chapter Chapter 45 of Rosen’s Emergency Medicine text book and is full of pearls for Thoracic Trauma.

Sign Post:

1. Differentiate Chest wall injury, rib fracture, and flail chest

2. Describe the clinical presentation and management of a sternal fracture

3. Describe Injuries to lung parenchyma

4. What...

Oct 10, 2016

This episode of CRACKCast covers Rosen’s Chapter 044, Neck Trauma. Continuing in our trauma series, this episode tackles the challenging issue of neck trauma and injuries, and explores the anatomy and relevant considerations in the diagnosis and management of both blunt and penetrating neck injuries.

Oct 3, 2016

This episode covers Chapter 043 of Rosen’s Emergency Medicine, Spinal Injuries.

Episode Overview

• Describe the anatomical contents of the anterior and posterior spinal columns
• List cervical spinal injuries for the following mechanisms, and indicated whether they are stable or unstable
  1. Flexion x 6
  2. Shear / AP forces x...

Sep 26, 2016

This episode covers Chapter 42 of Rosen’s Emergency Medicine, Facial Trauma.

1) Describe the anatomy of the bones, glands, and ducts of the face. At what ages do the sinuses appear?

2) List 5 types of facial fractures.

3) Describe the clinical presentation and associated radiographic findings of an orbital blowout...

Sep 21, 2016

In the second episode of the Physicians as Humans project, I speak with Dr. Rob Rogers (@EM_Educator), a leading educator in emergency medicine and director of The Teaching Course. He shares his experiences of dealing with a devastating illness in his own family and the effect it had on his career as an...