26 05, 2023

Mass Casualty Incident Simulations Should Be Strongly Encouraged and Widely Available for Medical Students

2023-05-26T09:46:09-05:00May 26th, 2023|Spring 2023, The Fast Track Issues|

Authors: Rachel Steffes OMS-II, Megan Unrath OMS-II, Andres Toledo OMS-II, Alissa Leyman OMS-II Location/School Affiliation: Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine - Kansas City Campus Keywords (3): Emergency Preparedness, Mass Casualty Training Simulation, Medical Education Short Au [...]

3 05, 2023

Damage Control Resuscitation – Pathophysiology and Practices for Emergency Medicine Physicians

2023-05-03T14:07:15-05:00May 3rd, 2023|Spring 2023, The Fast Track Issues|

Author: Thomas Mathis MS-3, AEMT, USAR MC Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine Introduction Damage Control Resuscitation (DCR) is a methodology for stabilizing severely injured trauma patients with massive hemorrhage by aggressively pursuing hemostasis and proactively addressing the le [...]

3 05, 2023

Emergency Department Management of Vascular Trauma Resulting from a Dog Bite to Upper Extremity

2023-05-03T14:08:16-05:00May 3rd, 2023|Spring 2023, The Fast Track Issues|

Authors: CM Emerson MS41, MN Greco MS41, TJ O’Neil MS41, CE White MS41; SM O’Neil, MD, FACS2,3 1Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine, 2Martinsville Surgical Associates, 3SOVAH Health ABSTRACT: Introduction Dog bite injuries are a common presenting complaint to emergency departments acr [...]

3 05, 2023

Flecainide Fakeout

2023-05-03T14:10:17-05:00May 3rd, 2023|Spring 2023, The Fast Track Issues|

Flecainide Induced Atrial Flutter Causing Monomorphic Wide Complex Tachycardia Authors: Dr. Graham Clifford, DO; Dr. Justin Sauter, DO; and Dr. Ben Arnold, MD Introduction: A 65-year-old male with a past medical history of atrial flutter on metoprolol, flecainide and eliquis reported to the Emergenc [...]

12 09, 2022

A Review of Prehospital Blood Product Transfusion for Trauma: Past ‎Advances, Current Trends, and Future Potential ‎

2022-09-12T23:16:07-05:00September 12th, 2022|Fall 2022, The Fast Track Issues|

Thomas Mathis MS-3, AEMT, USAR MC‎ Abdul-Rahman Saleh MS-3, MLS‎ Kevin Le MS-3, EMT-B Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine Introduction ‎ Blood products are an essential component of trauma resuscitation. In the experience of ‎both the Afghan and Iraq Wars as well as that of operating r [...]

23 06, 2022

Enterococcus Faecalis Endocarditis Disguised as Back Pain and Fever of Unknown Origin

2022-06-23T14:01:55-05:00June 23rd, 2022|Summer 2022, The Fast Track Issues|

Blake, A. OMS-III Abstract: Bacterial endocarditis is a life-threatening, deadly infection that impacts the lives of several people each year in both developed and developing countries. Although the recognition, diagnosis, and treatments have improved, the mortality rate remains concerning. It is vit [...]

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