Thursday, July 7, 2011

July - ED - Week 1

So I thought I would document some of the cool things I saw/did in the ED this month.

My first day, I only worked a few hours.
Chest Pain with a complete Heart Block
Kidney Stone - recurrent
Headache - new onset, sounded like a cluster headache, checked for acute narrow angle Glaucoma
Generalized Weakness, increasing confusion - unknown cause

Day 2 - 12p-10p
Headache - possible migraine, CT normal
Chest Pain - admit
Gallstone - non-unobstructed
Nothing else of note

Day 3
Attempted Suicide - cut neck with a buck knife extended from side to side. I got to go to the OR to see it repaired. Saw a laryngoscope as a trach tube was inserted.
Rollover Car Accident - Head Laceration that peeled the forehead back. Later found out she had a skull fracture
Threatened Abortion - 5 week pregnant woman with bleeding.
Dementia - Elderly lady that no longer swallows and doesn't eat or drink.
Seizures - elderly lady with seizures and DNR
Cellulitis - bilateral lower extremities with cellulitis, tense red skin and peeling skin. Bacterial infection with satellite lesions - called Infectious Disease

This may not be as interesting to you, but I know this will be a good resource when I graduate :-)

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