Rectovaginal examination video

How to perform a rectovaginal examination video
Note that this video is not appropriate for age below 18 years.

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Thoracic Trauma

Thoracic Trauma
Presentation Lecture from Temple College
EMS Professions

Chest Trauma
* Initial exam directed toward:
o Open pneumothorax
o Flail chest
o Tension pneumothorax
o Massive hemothorax
o Cardiac tamponade

Rib Fracture
* Most common chest injury
* More common in adults than children
* Especially common in elderly
* Ribs form rings
* Most commonly 5th to 9th ribs
* Poor protection
* Fractures of 1st, 2nd ribs require high force
* Frequently have injury to aorta or bronchi
* 30% will die
* Fractures of 8th to 12th ribs can damage underlying abdominal solid organs:
* Signs and Symptoms
* Management

Flail Chest
Simple Pneumothorax
Open Pneumothorax
Tension Pneumothorax
Hemothorax
Traumatic Asphyxia
Traumatic Asphyxia Management
o Airway with C-spine control
o Assist ventilations with high concentration O2
o Spinal stabilization
o Rapid transport

Cardiovascular Trauma
Myocardial Contusion
Cardiac Tamponade
Beck’s Triad
Traumatic Aortic Aneurysm
Associated Abdominal Trauma

Thoracic Trauma.ppt

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Herbal Alternatives For Erectile Dysfunction video

Herbal Alternatives For Erectile Dysfunction

Most men are extremely bothered by erectile dysfunction. Herbal treatment has been found to be one of the safest and efficacious ways to deal with it. With the number of herbal medicines in the market that promise harder erections and improvement in sexual performance, it can be quite confusing which one really delivers results.

Traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine each have its own merits. The former considers a problem from an overall point of view and is comparatively circumspect, while the latter proceeds from a microscopic point of view and excels in objectivity, reliability, and convincing power. If treatment can be carried out in a mutually complementary way by combining traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine to cure diseases, that will no doubt yield the best result.

No matter whether traditional Chinese medicine or Western medicine is concerned, the object of study is man's health and the diseases that affect it, and the purpose of the study is how to maintain and enhance the health of the human body and to defeat or resolve the diseases that do harm to it.

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