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This is the simple algorithm I have presented for decades to teach the approach to all EM cases. The amount of oxygen, the types of monitors and the fluid resuscitation are personalized for each patient.
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Pathophysiology/cyanotic congenital heart disease/tetralogy of Fallot-4 elements: overriding aorta, RVH, VSD, infundibular stenosis of the RV outflow tract. Illustrated:
What is the diagnosis in each of these six patients? Assume they all arrive at the same time, i.e., this is a mass casualty event – How would you prioritize the overall management and transfer of any of these patients to a neurosurgeon?
Discussion: note: (On exams some images are field test items [not scored]. In this group the lower middle slice is of a patient who would likely arrive dead: he has a massive SAH that surrounds all of the cortical surfaces/even extends a long the falx in the midline [appears fuzzy due to blood filling theContinue reading “What is the diagnosis in each of these six patients? Assume they all arrive at the same time, i.e., this is a mass casualty event – How would you prioritize the overall management and transfer of any of these patients to a neurosurgeon?”
What Are The 6 CASE DIAGNOSES?
Attend Live Conferences vs Distance Teaching. [It’s a personal decision but live interactive training will always be superior!
Presenting years of experience with both types of teaching, I’ve found that live conferences with true interactivity always triumph. During live sessions, I bring essential skills that consistently reinforce and motivate, an element lost in distant, periodic interactions. In real-time management at live conferences, I train and educate seamlessly, ensuring a painless and non-embarrassing learningContinue reading “Attend Live Conferences vs Distance Teaching. [It’s a personal decision but live interactive training will always be superior!”
EM Oral Board Case G. Hutchinson © 1989-2020 D Collman MD/Collman Institute Inc. All rights reserved. No duplication in any form is permitted without the written consent of the Collman Institute and/or Dr Collman.
Emergency Medicine Interactive Case Management (C) 19 89–2020, Dwight Collman, MD., DABEM, DABFM CASE: GARY HUTCHINSON DIAGNOSES: 1. HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK 2. LEFT-SIDED MASSIVE HEMOTHORAX 3. SPLENIC INJURY SUMMARY OF THE CASE- The examiner [EXR] will introduce themself, ask you if you understand how the examination works. When you respond, “Yes” the EXR replies “Let’s begin”Continue reading “EM Oral Board Case G. Hutchinson © 1989-2020 D Collman MD/Collman Institute Inc. All rights reserved. No duplication in any form is permitted without the written consent of the Collman Institute and/or Dr Collman.”
Dwight Collman Teaches EM Board Preparation-Private Tutoring
He has practiced EM since 1981 and has been a live test item writer for two EM boards. He trained examiners how to administer the oral exam for a decade. He has the most accurate, well illustrated education and many organizations have ranked him as the “premier educator” for both clinical practice and all ofContinue reading “Dwight Collman Teaches EM Board Preparation-Private Tutoring”
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