by Nicole Mathies, Chirag Bhat, Alexandra Hamelin, Josee Malette | Jan 14, 2021 | Featured, Occupational Health, Toxicology
Case Presentation A 30-year-old male presents to urgent care with a complaint of excruciating pain in his left hand. He is a gardener, and earlier that day had been mixing a solution of pesticides. He had been wearing gardening gloves to open the solutions, including...
by Stephanie Barnes, Richard Hoang | Aug 16, 2018 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation, Trauma
The vast majority of burns that present to the ED can be managed as outpatients1,2, usually by the patient’s family doctor, but many emergency physicians do not feel comfortable with burn management. Burn management often follows the preferences and experiences of...