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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 ... #Spleen #Fracture ... #POCUS
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 ... hand Symptoms/exam ... recommended if injury
Distal Radius Fracture 
Distal radius fracture is the most common orthopedic injury. Here's a quick summary.
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Distal Radius Fracture ... Distal radius fracture ... • Fracture at ... outstretched hand • Exam ... ED Management: Hematoma
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 #
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 ... Large, boggy scalp hematoma
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Vascular Joint Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Embolism (e.g. fractured ... Vessel (dislocation/fracture ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Traumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Surface Injury:
 • Corneal Abrasion
 • Ultraviolet Keratitis
 • Chemical
Diagnosis Algorithm ... alkali) Blunt Trauma ... Rim/Mid-facial Fracture ... Orbital Floor Fracture ... / Retrobulbar Fracture
Adrenal hematoma/hemorrhage on FAST exam

Adult male with RUQ/side pain after MVC. Transient prehospital hypotension.  Has
hemorrhage on FAST exam ... Has femur fracture ... Diagnosis/differential ... intra-abdominal injury ... FAST #Positive #trauma
Traumatic Patellar Fracture Injury

After direct trauma on the field.

3D CT Reconstruction prior to surgery seen here:
Traumatic Patellar Fracture ... direct trauma on ... #Patellar #Fracture ... #video #patella ... kneecap #sports #orthopedics
Causes of Altered Level of Consciousness GCS < 7 - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Brain Involvement - Hemispheric
Consciousness GCS < 7 - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Abscess • Skull fracture ... • Subdural hematoma ... Involvement - Other • Trauma