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Soft Tissue Injuries | January 16th, 2025

Date of Presentation: January 16, 2025

Type: Past Presentation  

Audience: Clinical  Community  

Program: Emergency Medical Services  

Keywords: #injuries  #skin  #skin infections  #soft tissue  #tissue  

In this presentation, C. Mateo Garcia, MD, reviews the anatomy and function of the skin, classifications of soft tissue injuries, and their management. It highlights risk factors for severe skin infections and necrotizing conditions, clinical presentations such as pain disproportionate to symptoms, sepsis, and compartment syndrome, and concludes with diagnostic and treatment considerations.

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Dr. Christian Mateo Garcia
Dr. Christian Mateo Garcia
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Christian Mateo Garcia, MD, is originally from New Mexico and still calls it his home. Mateo started as an EMT-Basic in a rural fire department setting. He eventually attained his EMT-Intermediate and worked in a Wildland fire setting. Mateo attained his medical degree from the University of New Mexico. He at is faculty at UNM within the Department of Emergency Medicine and Division of Prehospital, Austere and Disaster Medicine. Mateo has a passion for EMS education and his biggest interest within EMS is medical direction and system building in rural and Tribal settings.

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Date added: January 16, 2025