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Amsterdam Wrist Rules
Rules that dictate which patients require imaging based on the likelihood of wrist fracture
patient with wrist pain ... FRACTURES: • ... Visible deformity, Tender ... Visible deformity, Tender ... #msk #orthopedics
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE 
Radial head fractures are the most common elbow fracture in adults and are
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE ... Radial head fractures ... ED Management: Pain ... II-IV, pending orthopedic ... #Fracture #Elbow
Posterior Elbow Dislocation
The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated major joint in adults and the
olecranon relative to humerus ... lateral epicondyle > radial ... dislocation + radial ... Management: Simple, pain ... Complex, pending orthopedic
Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
common elbow fracture ... capitellum (age 1), radial ... ED Management: Pain ... II-IV, pending orthopedic ... #Elbow #Humerus
Radial Nerve Block on POCUS
Identification of the radial nerve in the right upper arm just proximal
on POCUS Identification ... proximal to the elbow ... fracture. ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #anesthesia #pain
Ultrasound-Guided Regional Nerve Blocks in Emergency Medicine: Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Nerve Block
Uses in the Emergency Department:
Ultrasound-Guided ... reduction of distal humerus ... fractures and elbow ... #nerve #block #ultrasound ... #anesthesia #pocus
Who to block and who not to block? Guidelines for Emergency Regional Anesthesiafor Trauma Orthopedic Injuries
Block
• Proximal humerus ... energy distal radius ... Contact orthopedic ... Consultation • Humeral ... • Elbow fracture
Monteggia Fracture 
Fracture of proximal ulnar shaft with radial head dislocation. Remember “MUGR” to recall where
ulnar shaft with radial ... and missing the radial ... Exam: swollen elbow ... ED Management: Pain ... DC with orthopedic
Humerus Fracture on POCUS

A woman fell down a flight of stairs and can’t move her left
Humerus Fracture ... A humerus fracture ... #Fracture #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #msk #orthopedics
Hill Sachs Lesion of the posterior humeral head on Ultrasound

 A Hill–Sachs lesion, or Hill–Sachs fracture,
the posterior humeral ... head on Ultrasound ... or Hill–Sachs fracture ... Sports #Clinical #Orthopedics ... #POCUS