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This life-threatening soft tissue infection is characterized by rapidly spreading erythema, pain out of proportion to exam, and subcutaneous gas on imaging.
What is necrotizing fasciitis?
This bedside ultrasound exam evaluates for free fluid in the abdomen, pericardial effusion, and pneumothorax.
What is the FAST (Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma) exam?
This condition presents with right lower quadrant pain, fever, and leukocytosis, often requiring CT for diagnosis in adults.
What is appendicitis?
This common ED diagnosis presents with a unilateral, dermatomal vesicular rash and risk of postherpetic neuralgia.
What is herpes zoster (shingles)?
This is the most common cause of preventable death in trauma patients and should be addressed first in the primary survey.
What is hemorrhage?
This is the most common cause of small bowel obstruction in developed countries.
What are adhesions?
This pediatric rash begins on the face and spreads cephalocaudally, often accompanied by Koplik spots.
What is measles (rubeola)?
This type of shock in trauma is characterized by hypotension with bradycardia due to loss of sympathetic tone.
What is neurogenic shock?
This catastrophic abdominal emergency presents with pain out of proportion to exam and is often due to embolism or thrombosis.
What is mesenteric ischemia?
This condition presents with targetoid lesions on the palms/soles and is often associated with HSV infection.
What is erythema multiforme?
This airway intervention is preferred in trauma patients with suspected cervical spine injury.
What is rapid sequence intubation with in-line stabilization?
What adjunctive medication is indication in variceal GI bleed? (Hint: Somatostatin analog)
What is octreotide?
This envenomation causes a “red, white, and blue” lesion and can lead to necrotic skin ulcers in the southwestern U.S.
What is a brown recluse spider bite?
These three clinical signs are indicative of cardiac tamponade (AKA Beck's triad)
What are muffled heart sounds, distended neck veins, and hypotension?
This scoring system helps risk stratify patients with upper GI bleeding and determine need for admission or intervention.
What is the Glasgow-Blatchford score?