Treating Priapism in the Emergency Department

It's clear to me that emergency physicians have a number of mental blocks when it comes to managing priapism, which means this penile compartment syndrome is often allowed to languish while we wait for the urologists to come to our rescue.In this video blog, I remove some of the performance anxiety associated with this condition by teaching how to mix up the phenylephrine used for intracavernosal blocks. And, in the second video, I demonstrate how to set up an aspiration and irrigation system, which dramatically simplifies the entire process.Watch the first video here.​​Watch the second video here. Tags: priapism, emergency medicine, emergency department, performance anxietyPublished: 5/2/2016 7:52:00 AM
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