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Background, including pathophysiology The advent of damage control surgery (DCS) has led to a staged approach to the patient in extremis with intra-abdominal hemorrhage and shock that has undoubtedly saved lives. However, massive resuscitation associated with...

This page is intended to serve as a quick reference for easy access to the REBOA kit instructions. The information and images are directly from the insertion instructions, and were obtained from http://prytimemedical.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ER-REBOA-Cat...

The University of Nebraska Medical Center has several resources in place to address workplace stress, burnout, depression and suicide. These resources will be useful in proactively identifying any colleagues exhibiting any signs and symptoms of burnout, depres...

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION (DEI) LEARNING RESOURCES AND TOOLKITS ACGME Equity Matters: https://www.acgme.org/what-we-do/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/ACGME-Equity-Matters/ACGME DEI Officers Forum: Email [email protected] to joinAmerican Academy of Fa...

UNMC Graduate Medical Education: Meeting the ACGME Core Competencies Competency Definition UNMC GME Professionalism CPR IV.B.1.a) : Residents/Fellows must demonstrate a commitment to professionalism and an adherence to ethical principles. • COP...

Department of Psychiatry UNMC   Top causes of death among residents #1 Neoplastic #2 Suicide Higher rates of death early in residency (first two years) Unchanged over the last 15 years   Yaghmour  et al. Causes of Death of Residents in ACGME-Accredi...

UNMC Psychiatry presentation   Physician Impairment “The inability to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety to patients by reason of physical or mental illness, including deterioration through the aging process, the loss of motor skills, or the...

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Purpose Rib fractures occur in approximately 10% of patients with traumatic injury. They are associated with greater injury burden especially when coupled with head, extremity, abdominal and blunt cardiac injury. Mortality rates increase with the number of fr...

Purpose Surgical Stabilization of rib fractures should be considered in patients with flail chest, flail sternum, and painful rib fractures associated with movement that have been refractory to conventional pain management in order to improve morbidity and mo...

Purpose: To aid in the rapid evaluation of a trauma patient presenting with a severely injured limb, providing a decision-making tool for limb salvage vs. amputation in a multidisciplinary fashion. Background: Patients with a mangled extremity, defined as an ...

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Law Enforcement Request NM Staff Response 1 Staff safety/security concerns Staff may always request law enforcement’s presence when concerned for their safety/security. 2 Requests for patient information, general rule Ok to disclose pati...

Definitions 1.       Depression: TBI-associated depression is characterized by prolonged, persistent sadness associated with other symptoms such as anhedonia, lack of motivation, decreased self-care, variable sleep and/or appetite pattern, feelings of hopeles...

  Date: January, 24, 2022 Key Contributor(s): Olabisi Sheppard, MD

Background: The majority of transverse process (TP) and spinous process (SP) fractures are structurally and neurologically stable injuries, which do not require spine service intervention. However there are some features which can be more worrisome for associ...

Updated 8/20/24 Authors: Buesing, Bauman, Berning

Objectives • Describe the most current evidence-based medical practices pertaining to the treatment of critically ill patients in the SICU.• Demonstrate knowledge and competency in resuscitation skills including advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation, emergen...