Emergency Medicine Inservice (Possible Questions with 100% Correct Answers)

Tdap vs Tetanus immune globulin!! when do you give latter? correct answers so Tdap if you've had primary series in life and wound is not quite clean/minor, give Tdap if last booster 5 y/o; immune globulin if unknown, incomplete or lack of primary tetanus immunization series what toxin can mimic tetanus!! correct answers Strychnine (pesticide chemical, ACh antagonist) tx for Tb, - sx - abx correct answers sx: benzos abx: metronidazole +TIG, immunization Which coagulation profile is abnormal in patients with hemophilia A? correct answers PTT - same w/ all the hemophilias, yo ipsilateral loss of motor, vibratory sensation and proprioception w/ contralateral loss of pain and temperature correct answers brown-sequard brown-sequard _______ loss of motor, vibratory and proproception, w/ _________ loss of pain and temp correct answers ipsilateral, contralateral sensory and motor deficit upper lower correct answers central cord (forced hyperextension is the cause, ex. whiplash) complete loss of motor, pain & temperature below injury, but retains proprioception and vibratory correct answers anterior cord (like a stroke of cord) preservation of motor function w/ loss of proprioception and vibration below the level of injury correct answers posterior Lisfranc Fracture-Dislocation - mechanism - where is pain - test to differentiate from ankle sprain - tx bonus: xr finding correct answers mech: severe plantar flexion, ex. sports, tripping, fall, mvc