Surgical airways have fallen out of favor in the hospital setting due to the advent of RSI and supraglottic airway devices, and now represent less than 3% of attempted intubations. In the prehospital setting, they can represent up to nearly 15% of attempts, however.
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The Schatzker classification system divides tibial plateau fractures into six types. First described 1979 by Canadian surgeon Joseph Schatzker
Joseph Schatzker (1934 - ) Canadian Orthopaedic Surgeon. Eponym: Schatzker classification for tibial plateau fractures (1979)
Salter-Harris classification of fractures describes injuries involving the epiphyseal plate of any bone. Described by Salter and Harris (Canada, 1963)
Robert Bruce Salter (1924-2010) was a Canadian surgeon. Eponymously associated with the Salter-Harris Classification along with W. Robert Harris (1963)
W. Robert Harris (1922-2005) was a Canadian Orthopaedic Surgeon. Eponymously associated with the Salter-Harris Classification along with Robert Bruce Salter (1963)
Apley Grind test (Apley Compression test) is a maneuver that is performed to evaluate for meniscus injury. 1947 by Alan Graham Apley (1914 - 1996)
Alan Graham Apley (1914 – 1996) was a British Orthopaedic Surgeon famous for describing the Apley grind test in knee meniscal injury and for his essential orthopaedic reference text: Apley's System of Orthopaedics and Fractures (1959)
Thomas Porter McMurray (1887 – 1949) was a British orthopaedic surgeon. Eponymously affiliated with the McMurray Test to assess knee joint and meniscus
Amédée Bonnet (1809-1858) was a French orthopaedic surgeon. Described as the grandfather of knee and ligament surgery.
Wilderness medicine is at the point in medical education where it is trying to define itself. Sure, people have practiced it for a long time, arguably since the advent of first aid. But when you try to pin down what the field encompasses, you have trouble doing just that.