A 21-year-old male presents with pain, swelling, and obvious deformity to his right elbow after falling on his outstretched right hand while taking a turn too sharply on his motorcycle…
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A 75-year-old-female with a past medical history of dementia, diaphragm dysfunction, OSA on CPAP, presents to the Emergency Department for a fall. She is not on any blood thinning medications. Patient was found in the basement by her husband who believes she tripped over her oxygen tubing…
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On one of the last nights of my orthopedic rotation of intern year, I saw a 92-year-old lady who had fallen down two stairs at home…
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A 20-year-old otherwise healthy male presents to the emergency department for right lower extremity pain after being tackled during a football scrimmage 2 days ago. He thought it would get better over time by taking ibuprofen, but still cannot walk on it…
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A 65-year-old right hand-dominant female was brought in by ambulance after a motor vehicle collision with left wrist pain and deformity. She states she was driving when another car turned and drove into the front of her car. She was wearing a seatbelt, the road speed limit was 35 MPH, and the front airbags deployed. There was moderate damage to the vehicle. However, the patient was able to self-extricate and was ambulatory on scene. She denied head strike, loss of consciousness, or taking blood thinners. She states she was in her usual state of health prior to this event…
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