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Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
anterior sail sign ... • Mechanism: Fall ... onto outstretched hand ... can't make A-OK sign ... #Orthopedics #MSK
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE 
Radial head fractures are the most common elbow fracture in adults and are
anterior sail sign ... • Mechanism: Fall ... onto outstretched hand ... #Radiology #XRay ... #Orthopedics #MSK
Posterior Elbow Dislocation
The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated major joint in adults and the
• Mechanism: fall ... onto outstretched hand ... can't make A-OK sign ... Posterior #Radiology #XRay ... Orthopedics #Sports #MSK
Contracted gallbladder and gallstones -> Wall (gb wall) Echo (stone) Shadow (from stone) complex aka WES
Contracted gallbladder ... and gallstones ... -> Wall (gb wall ... sign. ... #pocus #clinical
Wall Echo Shadow Complex (WES) on Gallbladder Ultrasound

Medical student: “I couldn’t find the gallbladder. I looked
Wall Echo Shadow ... North, South, and ... #Complex #Sign ... Cholelithiasis #Clinical ... #POCUS
WES Sign (Wall Echo Shadow) on POCUS
GB contracted around stones. Last clip shows how easily missed
40yoF
WES Sign (Wall Echo ... Shadow) on POCUS ... #WES #Sign #WallEchoShadow ... #POCUS #gallbladder ... cholelithiasis #clinical
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: Pathogenesis, clinical, and radiographic findings

Trauma, Fall on, outstretched arm, Overhead throwing => Abduction
Pathogenesis, clinical ... on axillary x-ray ... Dislocation #Diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #pathophysiology
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Vital signs: BP ... This patient’s clinical ... clinical judgement ... This post will focus ... Within the first few