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Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Four rib fractures ... additional rib fracture ... with multiple rib fractures ... 3. 50% of rib fractures ... #Breathing #PhysicalExam
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Four rib fractures ... additional rib fracture ... with multiple rib fractures ... 3. 50% of rib fractures ... #Breathing #PhysicalExam
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
asphyxia Any rib fracture ... vessel injury Fracture ... Two or more rib fractures ... injury, sternal fracture ... diagnosis #signs #radiology
What is a Boxer’s fracture?? Fracture of the 4th or 5th metacarpal neck
 - Common in
What is a Boxer’s fracture ... Fracture of the ... direct blunt/force trauma ... compromise - Certain radiologic ... #Boxers #Fracture
Amsterdam Wrist Rules
Rules that dictate which patients require imaging based on the likelihood of wrist fracture
likelihood of wrist fracture ... pain after any trauma ... DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURES ... test ANY WRIST FRACTURES ... #Rules radius #fracture
Yale Case of the Week: Pediatric trauma - POCUS shows skull fracture
#Clinical #POCUS #Pediatrics #Trauma #Skull
Week: Pediatric trauma ... - POCUS shows skull ... fracture #Clinical ... #Trauma #Skull ... #Fracture
Chest Injury Score for Blunt Chest Wall Trauma
Age - 1 - Per additional 10-year increase starting
for Blunt Chest ... Wall Trauma Age ... Number of rib fractures ... additional rib fracture ... #Score #Blunt #Trauma
Clay-Shoveler Fracture 
 - Avulsion fracture of spinous process of C6 or C7 (Stable fracture)
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Clay-Shoveler Fracture ... - Avulsion fracture ... or C7 (Stable fracture ... muscles or Direct trauma ... #ClayShoveler #Fracture
Raccoon Eyes on Physical Exam 

Raccoon eyes is a sign of a skull base fracture.

#Raccoon #Eyes
of a skull base fracture ... Raccoon #Eyes #PhysicalExam ... basilar #skull #fracture ... #trauma #sign
Heel Strike Test for Femoral Fracture

The heel strike, an axial force on the femur, can be
Test for Femoral Fracture ... possible femur fractures ... Femoral #Femur #Fracture ... #PhysicalExam # ... #orthopedics #Trauma