A 35-year-old-patient presents following motor vehicle collision as a restrained passenger. The vehicle's dashboard was displaced into the cabin, causing prolonged entrapment of the patient’s lower extremities. The patient’s left thigh was noted by EMS to have an obvious deformity with bleeding from an anterior wound. A tourniquet was placed to the proximal left thigh. A deformity was also noted to the right thigh without obvious external hemorrhage…
Read More“In one overnight shift on the orthopedics service, our team evaluated three different pediatric patients with the same underlying injury: a femoral fracture. But, the management of all three children was different and the underlying reason for the different management: age….”
Read MoreA 52 year old male with a history of type 2 DM presented to the ED with right shoulder pain after a fall while stepping off a bus. The patient noted that he was unable to range the shoulder. Vitals were significant for HR of 104, otherwise unremarkable. On examination, the patient had a flattened shoulder with a “squared-off” appearance, a prominent acromion with the elbow flexed, and the arm held in slight abduction…
Read More“This video demonstrates proper technique for performing a hematoma block prior to reducing a distal radius fracture…”
Read MoreAn overview of common hand injuries, including mallet finger, boxer’s fracture, and more!
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