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Age of Ossification of Carpal Bones
Capitate - 1 Month
Hamate - 2 Months
Triquetral - 3 Years
Lunate -
Age of Ossification ... of Carpal Bones ... of the carpal bones ... #Carpal #Bones ... mnemonic #diagnosis #msk
Scapholunate Dissociation
The spacing between all carpal bones should be 1-2 mm, look for the "Terry Thomas"
between all carpal bones ... between all carpal bones ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... Orthopedics #Sports #MSK
Alpha-gal Syndrome (AGS) - Diagnosis Algorithm
Does patient have recurrent episodes of urticaria, angioedema or isolated GI
Alpha-gal Syndrome (AGS ... ) - Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pertinent History for AGS ... affirms ≥2 of these boxes ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Scaphoid Fractures
The scaphoid is the most commonly fractured carpal bone. Remember, if a fracture is suspected
fractured carpal bone ... proximal portion as ... follow-up with PCP ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... Orthopedics #Sports #MSK
Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
children, peak age ... posterior) and bone ... "; capitellum (age ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... #Orthopedics #MSK
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
ECGs Check - Age ... 200ms (3-5 small boxes ... (<2.5-3 small boxes ... Short QT <300-360 ms
Predicting an anatomically and/or physiologically challenging airway is not a straightforward task by any stretch of
and may not be as ... ignore physiologic ones ... #Diagnosis #EM # ... PCC #Heaven #Criteria
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE 
Radial head fractures are the most common elbow fracture in adults and are
posterior) and bone ... is seen, treat as ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... #Orthopedics #MSK
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
specific questions to ask ... dependent DM ACS ... Age 4. ... event, follow ACC ... algorithm to determine
The Vortex is based on the principle that there are three ‘nonsurgical’ techniques to establish a
use of a face mask ... the traditional algorithm-based ... airway lifelines as ... the remaining ones ... mandated by an algorithm