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Ultrasound-Guided Regional Nerve Blocks in Emergency Medicine: Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Nerve Block
Uses in the Emergency Department:
Emergency Department: reduction ... of distal humerus ... fractures and elbow ... dislocations, complex ... distal to the shoulder
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation - ED Management
The shoulder is the most commonly dislocated major joint, 95% of
injuries: Axillary nerve ... depression in the humeral ... injury, difficult reduction ... #Radiology #XRay ... Orthopedics #Sports #MSK
Ultrasound-Guided Regional Nerve Blocks in Emergency Medicine: Interscalene Brachial Plexus Nerve Block
Uses in the Emergency Department:
Brachial Plexus Nerve ... proximal and mid-humerus ... fracture, reduction ... of shoulder dislocation ... ultrasound #anesthesia #pocus
Posterior Elbow Dislocation
The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated major joint in adults and the
olecranon relative to humerus ... anterior interosseous nerve ... procedural sedation and reduction ... #Radiology #XRay ... Orthopedics #Sports #MSK
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: Pathogenesis, clinical, and radiographic findings

Trauma, Fall on, outstretched arm, Overhead throwing => Abduction
Anterior Shoulder ... Overhead throwing => Abduction ... Dislocation ... Structural damage to nerves ... signs #symptoms #msk
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation and Reduction on POCUS

Shoulder scan, convex transducer, top of screen is posterior for
Reduction on POCUS ... anteriorly dislocated humerus ... #Dislocation #Reduction ... #ultrasound #msk ... #radiology #labeled
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation and Reduction on POCUS

The transducer is placed posteriorly over the shoulder, revealing anterior
Reduction on POCUS ... displacement of the humeral ... #Dislocation #Reduction ... #POCUS #clinical ... #anatomy #msk #
Hill-Sachs Lesion on Ultrasound 

Unlike normal variant irregular bare area (arrowhead) under infraspinatus, a Hill-Sachs lesion
prior anterior shoulder ... dislocation involves ... Lesion #Ultrasound #MSK ... #POCUS #Humerus ... #Clinical #Comparison
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
tea cup") which should ... fracture, median nerve ... sedation and emergent reduction ... Wrist #Carpal #Radiology ... Orthopedics #Sports #MSK
Monteggia Fracture 
Fracture of proximal ulnar shaft with radial head dislocation. Remember “MUGR” to recall where
Exam: swollen elbow ... posterior interosseous nerve ... • If stable reduction ... Forearm #Ulnar #Radiology ... Orthopedics #Proximal #MSK