Genitourinary/Renal
Genitourinary/Renal 10-1 Penile Fracture Colleen Campbell Clinical Presentation Penile fracture is rupture of the tunica albuginea that results from a rapid, blunt force to an erect penis. This force is…
Gastrointestinal
Gastrointestinal 9-1 Thermal Esophageal Injury Michael Greenberg Clinical Presentation Patients with thermal esophageal injury (TEI) present with odynophagia, dysphagia, and retrosternal chest pain minutes to hours after swallowing excessively hot…
Cardiovascular
Cardiovascular 7-1 Acute Myocardial Infarction Ralph Weiche Clinical Presentation Patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) present with chest discomfort, tightness, pressure, or a “squeezing sensation” located over the anterior chest….
Respiratory
Respiratory 8-1 Asthma Robert Hendrickson Clinical Presentation Patients with mild asthma exacerbations may present with cough, dyspnea, or pleuritic chest pain. Less commonly, patients present in extremis with symptoms developing…
Ear, Nose, and Throat
Ear, Nose, and Throat 5-1 Sinusitis Matthew Spencer Clinical Presentation Acute sinusitis consists of persistent purulent nasal discharge, cough, unilateral facial pain and fullness, fever, nasal congestion, maxillary or periorbital…
Ophthalmologic
Ophthalmologic 4-1 Corneal Abrasion Anthony S. Mazzeo Clinical Presentation Patients with corneal abrasion (CA) present with eye pain, tearing, foreign body sensation, photophobia, blurry vision, and, occasionally, headache. Pathophysiology Any…
Neurologic
Neurologic 3-1 Intracranial Hemorrhage Allon Amitai Clinical Presentation Patients with intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) typically present with headache, nausea, and vomiting, with or without focal neurologic deficits. Onset of ICH is…
Airway, Breathing, Circulation
Airway, Breathing, Circulation 1-1 Normal Airway Arun Nagdev Anatomically, the upper airway begins at the nares and continues to the proximal aspect of the trachea. Clinical Presentation Patients with an…
Emergency Medical Services and Pre-Hospital Care
Emergency Medical Services and Pre-Hospital Care 2-1 Vehicular Rollover Gerald Wydro Of the five types of vehicle collisions—head-on, T-bone, rear-ended, rotational impact, and rollover—rollover has the greatest mechanistic potential for…
