51 results
Traumatic Splenic Hematoma on LUQ FAST Exam

31 yo M. Minor blunt trauma from bicycle accident. No
Minor blunt trauma ... No obvious injury ... Grade 4 spleen fracture ... #Clinical #Ultrasound ... #Trauma #POCUS
Orthopedic Essentials - Spinal Trauma and Spine Classification 
DENIS THREE COLUMN CONCEPT
Anterior column:
Essentials - Spinal Trauma ... CLASSIFICATION OF SPINAL TRAUMA ... unstable spine injury ... #Trauma #Spine ... #Orthopedics #diagnosis
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
Findings in the Trauma ... Fracture of lower ... , sternal fracture ... cxr #chestxray #trauma ... #diagnosis #signs
What is a Boxer’s fracture?? Fracture of the 4th or 5th metacarpal neck
 - Common in
Fracture of the ... direct blunt/force trauma ... hand Symptoms/exam ... recommended if injury ... Hand #Metacarpal #Diagnosis
CATCH Predictors for Clinically Significant TBI 
 - GCS Less than 15 at 2 hours post
at 2 hours post trauma ... depressed skull fracture ... Irritability on exam ... of Basal Skull Fracture ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Classification of Pelvic Ring Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
 • Anterior Posterior Compression (APC) -
possible vascular injury ... on the side of trauma ... - Type 1 or 2 injury ... on the side of trauma ... Orthopedics #MSK #diagnosis
Chest Injury Score for Blunt Chest Wall Trauma
Age - 1 - Per additional 10-year increase starting
Blunt Chest Wall Trauma ... Number of rib fractures ... additional rib fracture ... #Score #Blunt #Trauma ... Stratification #Diagnosis
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE 
Radial head fractures are the most common elbow fracture in adults and are
outstretched hand • Exam ... injuries: Ligamentous injury ... radioulnar joint injury ... interosseous membrane injury ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Vascular Infectious Trauma ... - Multiple injury ... sites, Open Fracture ... See pathologic fractures ... #differential #diagnosis
Distal Radius Fracture 
Distal radius fracture is the most common orthopedic injury. Here's a quick summary.
•
common orthopedic injury ... common orthopedic injury ... outstretched hand • Exam ... , median nerve injury ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis