Emergency Abdominopelvic Injuries.

The presentation of traumatic abdominopelvic injuries in sport can range from initially benign appearing to hemorrhagic shock. A high clinical suspicion for injury, knowledge of the red flags for emergent further evaluation, and familiarity with the initial stabilization procedures are necessary for sideline medical providers. The most important traumatic abdominopelvic topics are covered in this article.

Crossover Assessment of Intraoral and Cuffed Ventilation by Emergency Responders.

Objectives: A cuffed bag valve mask (BVM) is the most common device used by emergency medical responders to ventilate patients. The BVM can be difficult for users to seal around the patient's mouth and nose. An intraoral mask (IOM) with snorkel-like design may facilitate quicker and better ventilation particularly under austere conditions.

Evaluation and Management of Rotator Cuff Tears: a Primary Care Perspective.

Purpose Of Review: To provide a primary care perspective regarding the evaluation and management of shoulder pain and rotator cuff tears.

Recent Findings: In the primary care setting, rotator cuff pathology is commonly encountered. Information regarding the risks of oral medications for the management of the associated pain keeps mounting.

Standard for improving emergency information interoperability: the HL7 data elements for emergency department systems.

Background: Emergency departments in the United States service over 130 million visits per year. The demands for information from these visits require interoperable data exchange standards. While multiple data exchange specifications are in use, none have undergone rigorous standards review.

Assessment of a human cadaver model for training emergency medicine residents in the ultrasound diagnosis of pneumothorax.

Objectives: To assess a human cadaver model for training emergency medicine residents in the ultrasound diagnosis of pneumothorax.

Methods: Single-blinded observational study using a human cadaveric model at an academic medical center. Three lightly embalmed cadavers were used to create three "normal lungs" and three lungs modeling a "pneumothorax.

Headache in the elderly.

Headache in an elderly patient can be a sign of serious, potentially life-threatening disorders. All patients require a full assessment, including a complete neurologic examination. Particular emphasis should be placed on excluding subarachnoid hemorrhage, subdural hematoma, giant cell arteritis, intracranial neoplasm, cerebrovascular accident, acute-angle-closure glaucoma, and infectious etiologies such as meningitis and encephalitis.