Neck Injury




EM Clerkship show

Summary: Today we will be covering neck injury. Specifically, we will cover soft tissue injury of the neck. It can be divided into blunt and penetrating trauma. And because this is where the blood vessels are located, the test of choice for these injuries will be a CT angiogram. We’ll discuss the indications for CTA, when to go straight to the OR, as well as a few other pearls during this week’s episode.<br>