Podcast 1019: Trauma Blunt Cardiovascular Injuries (BCVI)

Emergency Medical Minute by medicalminute

Aug 31, 202603:47Science & Medicine

Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: Blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI) BCVI is a traumatic injury to the carotid or vertebral arteries Patients may initially have no neurologic symptoms In some cases, a th...

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