Deepen Your Empathy
/*! elementor – v3.20.0 – 26-03-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} The first time I was involved in a major trauma case, I was an undergraduate intern on my first night on the surgical service. I was paged to the ED for a victim of a motor vehicle accident. I arrived to the stabilization […]
Never Assume Anything
/*! elementor – v3.20.0 – 26-03-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Sometimes things are not as they seem. It can be a hard lesson to learn for some of us. We are educated in the pathophysiology of disease, but patients are not. Patients don’t know what is important medically in their story, only what […]
Endometriosis
/*! elementor – v3.20.0 – 26-03-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Endometriosis (sometimes referred to as “endo”) is a female-only disease and results from the lining of the uterus growing within the body outside of the uterus. This tissue acts as normal endometrial tissue, meaning it still thickens, then breaks down and bleeds during […]
Tarnished Golden Years
There is no single group or population that is immune from being abused, but one set of people that are at particularly high risk are the elderly. Elder abuse is the intentional mistreatment of an older person by an individual with whom they have an established relationship. The perpetrators of these crimes then are not […]
Cerebral Palsy
What is Cerebral Palsy? Cerebral palsy (CP) is a term that covers multiple disorders that impact physical movement, maintaining balance, and posture. Cerebral means the disease affects the brain, and palsy means being affected by paralysis that often presents with involuntary tremors. CP is the leading cause of motor disability in young children as a […]
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
/*! elementor – v3.20.0 – 26-03-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (also known as PCOS) is a health condition that about 10 million, or 5-10% of all women in the world, suffer from. Considered a hormonal problem, it only affects women who are of reproductive age. Most women are diagnosed in […]
A Brewing Problem
Excessive alcohol use is responsible for approximately 88,000 deaths per year, and is known to be a contributing factor in motor vehicle accidents, homicides, suicides, sexual assault, domestic violence, and unintentional injury. Because of this, it is frequently the case that EMS professionals are called to a scene in which alcohol has been involved. It […]
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA)
/*! elementor – v3.20.0 – 26-03-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), also known as Wegener’s Disease or Wegener’s Granulomatosis, is a blood vessel disorder called vasculitis (which means blood vessel inflammation). It causes inflammation and damage of the blood vessels in certain areas of the body, including the nose, sinuses, […]
Thanks, But No Thanks
EMS was called to the parking lot of a grocery store by a bystander who reports an elderly woman fell while getting out of her car and is now experiencing chest pain. At the scene, the woman denies losing consciousness or striking her head and the only visible injury is a slight abrasion on her […]
Crohn’s Disease
What is Crohn’s disease? Crohn’s disease is classified as an inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, in which any part of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract becomes inflamed. Most typically, inflammation occurs at the ileum, the end of the small intestine, where it meets the colon; however, Crohn’s disease can affect any of the GI tract from […]
