Associate Professor Kaiser Permanente San Francisco San Francisco, California
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
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Ashika Jain, MD FAAEM: No financial relationships to disclose
In the chaos of the trauma bay, it’s easy to get swept up in the adrenaline — but that’s also when critical injuries are most likely to be missed. This talk will take a practical look at some of the most commonly overlooked injuries in trauma patients and explore why they’re so easy to miss. Through real cases and evidence-based strategies, we’ll discuss simple, high-yield techniques to improve your diagnostic accuracy, avoid common pitfalls, and catch the injuries that don’t scream for attention — until it’s too late.
Learning Objectives:
Identify commonly missed traumatic injuries in the emergency department and understand the clinical scenarios in which they are most often overlooked
Apply cognitive and procedural strategies to improve diagnostic accuracy during high-stakes trauma resuscitations.
Evaluate current literature and guidelines related to trauma assessment to support identification of occult injuries
