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Triquetral Fracture
The triquetrum is the second most commonly fractured carpal bone. Look for the "pooping duck
"pooping duck sign ... "pooping duck sign ... ulna, pain with wrist ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... #Management #Orthopedics
Scapholunate Dissociation
The spacing between all carpal bones should be 1-2 mm, look for the "Terry Thomas"
"Terry Thomas" sign ... ("Terry Thomas sign ... box, pain with wrist ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... #Radiology #XRay
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
associated injuries: Carpal ... injury • ED Management ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... #Carpal #Radiology ... #XRay #Diagnosis
Scaphoid Fractures
The scaphoid is the most commonly fractured carpal bone. Remember, if a fracture is suspected
dislocation • ED Management ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... Scaphoid #Fracture #Wrist ... #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Management #Orthopedics
Galeazzi Fracture 
Fracture of distal radial shaft with distal radial-ulnar joint disruption. Remember “MUGR” to recall
will be obvious; signs ... swollen forearm and wrist ... pronation and at wrist ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... Distal #Radiology #XRay
Distal Radius Fracture 
Distal radius fracture is the most common orthopedic injury. Here's a quick summary.
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variable gross wrist ... injury, acute carpal ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... Distal #Radiology #XRay ... #Diagnosis #Management
Endotracheal Tube Confirmation on POCUS

Potential difficult airway where US was used to locate cricoid cartilage. Thankfully
Confirmation on POCUS ... Potential difficult airway ... - MCW EM Ultrasound ... #airway #clinical ... #ultrasound #ett
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
Beside ultrasound ... Michael Macias, EM ... Northwestern University #Clinical ... #EM #Radiology ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
Predicting an anatomically and/or physiologically challenging airway is not a straightforward task by any stretch of
existing difficult-airway ... management. ... prediction models only focus ... to address this clinical ... #Diagnosis #EM #
Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS
Hypotension in trauma is not always due to hypovolemia. This was a great
Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS ... the benefits of POCUS ... for definitive management ... - MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... #clinical #ultrasound