Orthopedic Emergencies
In all traumatic injuries, don’t just focus on the orthopedic injury. Complete your primary survey and life-saving interventions first, then focus on orthopedic injury management - Brett Lee MD
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Orthopedic Emergencies: When to Ask for a Little Help from Our Friends
Orthopedic injuries are common in the emergency department and range from deceptively innocuous appearing injuries to amputated extremities. While many patients can be treated and discharged by the emergency physician, several conditions need emergent surgical evaluation. In this blog post, we break these down into three categories: infectious, neurovascular, and traumatic injuries.
Resources
A Brief Guide to Initial Management of Orthopedic Injuries in the Emergency Department
Although the full spectrum of orthopedic injuries is broad, we have compiled a non-exhaustive guide regarding the most commonly seen orthopedic injuries.
Orthopedic Emergencies: When to Ask for a Little Help from Our Friends – Part Deux
In part one of this series, we discussed non-traumatic orthopedic emergencies requiring orthopedic consultation. In this section, we will discuss traumatic injuries requiring consultation.
Pediatric Orthopedics Pearls and Pitfalls
Dr. Sanjay Mehta & Dr. Jonathan Pirie, two experienced Pediatric EM docs from The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto discuss their approach to a variety of common, occult, challenging and easy to miss pediatric orthopedics diagnoses including: differentiating Septic Arthritis from Transient Synovitis of the hip, Toddler’s Fracture, Tillaux Fracture, Suprachondylar Fracture, ACL tear, tibial spine & Segond fractures.
Orthopedic Pearls & Pitfalls
Pearls and pitfalls from head to toe...
Pediatric Orthopedic Injuries: Evidence-Based Management in the Emergency Department
This issue reviews the etiology and pathophysiology of child-specific fractures, as well as common injuries of the upper and lower extremities. Evidence-based recommendations for management of pediatric fractures, including appropriate diagnostic studies and treatment, are also discussed.
Trauma-related Pediatric Orthopedic Emergencies
Good review of common pediatric ortho...
Orthopedic Emergencies: When to Ask for a Little Help from Our Friends
Orthopedic injuries are common in the emergency department and range from deceptively innocuous appearing injuries to amputated extremities. While many patients can be treated and discharged by the emergency physician, several conditions need emergent surgical evaluation.
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