Emergency Med Flashcards
MC pediatric cardiac arrhythmia
Supraventricular tachycardia
DOC for SVT
Adenosine
Tx for STABLE patients with ventricular tachycardia
IV Lidocaine
MC cause of chest pain in children
Costochondritis
ECG and CXR finding of patients with cyanotic/tet spells
ECG: RVH and rightward axis
CXR: boot-shaped heart
Presence of unilateral foul-smelling discharge
Foreign body
Degree of burn with bulla and blisters, affecting the papillary layer of the dermis
2nd degree or partial thickness burn
(-) Prehn’s sign
Scrotal swelling
Negative transillumination and no pain on elevation of testes
Prepubertal causes of epididymoorchitis
Vesico-ureteral reflux
Urinary tract infection
(Otherwise, etiology is usually sexually transmitted organisms)
Nontransilluminating swelling, (+) Prehn’s sign
Epididymoorchitis
(+) hemotympanum or Battle’s sign, CSF otorrhea, racoon’s eye, facial palsy, hearing loss
Petrous fracture of the skull
Hemorrhage in the nose or nasopharynx, CSF rhinorrhea, anosmia
Cribriform plate fracture of the skull
Head trauma causing tear in middle meningeal artery, with lucid interval and LOC
Epidural hematoma
Head trauma with tearing of the bridging veins between the cerebral cortex and dura, associated with severe brain injury, coma or seizures
Subdural hematoma
Head trauma with focal edema with or without hemorrhage on CT, with LOC and focal deficits
Contusion
