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Straight, No Chaser: Trauma Quick (Finger)Tips – Give Me the Finger!
What you’re seeing is not a five-finger salute gone bad. It’s an all too often occurrence: amputated fingers. Believe it or not, 90% of finger reattachments are successful, alt
Straight, No Chaser: Heads Up! Concussions – Traumatic Brain Injuries, Part I
The really interesting thing about concussions these days is many individuals seem to have convinced themselves that the risk of a concussion or even continuing in football, wrestl
Straight, No Chaser: Heads Up! Traumatic Brain Injuries (Concussions), Part I
Human Shark Week continues with a discussion about concussions. The really interesting thing about concussions these days is many individuals seem to have convinced themselves th
Straight, No Chaser: Quick Tip – Caring for Your Ankle Sprain
If you decide not to come to the Emergency Room for your ankle sprain, just think about the mnemonic “RICE.” (This works for any other soft tissue sprain, such as the wrist.) R
Straight, No Chaser: Learn the Physical Signs of Child Abuse
Given how often this topic is in the news, we need an army to protect children against child abuse. I will intermittently be discussing various forms of abuse, but to start with, I
Straight, No Chaser: Mass Trauma Alert – When Disaster Strikes
If you’ve become a regular reader of Straight, No Chaser (thank you!), you will note the recurring theme of prevention. There’s often just not enough time to act in the midst o
Straight, No Chaser: Emergency Room Adventures – Trampoline Trauma
So I’m back in the emergency room with a little girl who looks like her forearm is going to fall off the rest of her upper extremity. People love trampolines. Yet somehow the
Straight, No Chaser: Emergency Room Adventures – The Cauliflower Ear
So here I am again waiting for something interesting to walk in worthy of me telling you about, and lo and behold, a behemoth of a guy walks by. You know, one of those guys who wor
Straight, No Chaser: The Initial Response to Sexual Assault
There are few more tragic human interactions than a sexual assault. The physical and mental issues are both challenging and dangerous. Unfortunately, the response during the in
Straight, No Chaser: Quick Tips for the Drowning Victim
If the victim is still conscious, attempt to hand him something that can be used to pull him from the water. If you’re out of handing distance, throw either a floatable objec
Straight, No Chaser: The Roof Is On Fire – The Trauma of Residential Fires
As Trauma Week winds down on Straight, No Chaser, we work our way back home, which sadly is the site of most traumatic injuries. In fact, about 85% of all U.S. fire deaths occur
Straight, No Chaser: Your Questions About Gunshot and Stab Wounds
Your Top Five Questions: 1. Why don’t the bullets always get taken out? Removal of bullet may cause more damage than leaving them in. It’s sometimes not worth the effo
Straight, No Chaser: Violent Crimes – Gunshot and Stab Wounds
Penetrating trauma (PT) is of such magnitude in this country that it is nearly impossible to do it justice in short form. This is primarily a medical blog, and as such I’ll defer
Straight, No Chaser: Who Let The Dogs Out? Animal Bites
Human Shark Week wouldn’t be complete without reviewing something getting bitten. Bow-Wow Ows Dogs bite almost 5 million people yearly, resulting in 800,000 visits to a healthcar
Straight, No Chaser: The Drama of Motor Vehicle Trauma
‘Tis not my task to preach but to inform. Maybe you think you’ve heard it all before, but let me lay it all out for you so you can truly be an informed consumer. Forewarn
Straight, No Chaser: Trauma Quick (Finger)Tips – Give Me the Finger!
What you’re seeing is not a five-finger salute gone bad. It’s an all too often occurrence: amputated fingers. Believe it or not, 90% of reattached fingers are done so successfu
Straight, No Chaser: Why is Life so Traumatic? (aka Human Shark Week!)
Introduction If there were a human equivalent to shark week, it would be TRAUMA WEEK! That’s right. Trauma has all the drama, excitement and tragedy as shark bites and often
