Superficial palmar arch aneurysm secondary to blunt trauma: Bag of ice versus bare hand!

A 45-year-old male prisoner was referred to the orthopedic outpatients clinic after he sustained a blunt palmar injury when he tried to break-up a bag of ice with the volar aspect of his hand. A few months later a pulsatile expansile mass developed at the site of blunt trauma affecting flexion and extension of the fingers and inability to hold objects. A computed tomography angiogram confirmed the mass to be a true aneurysm of the superficial palmar arch 3 cm in size.

Identifying dispensing errors in pharmacies in a medical science school in Trinidad and Tobago.

Background: A dispensing error can be defined as an inconsistency between the drug prescribed and drug dispensed to a patient. These errors can lead to ineffective and sometimes unwanted pharmaceutical outcomes. Dispensing errors can be harmful or even fatal to patients.