The Trauma Pro
JULY 30, 2024
There’s a lot of dogma in trauma care, as well as in the field of medicine generally. The knee dislocation dogma is that the incidence of vascular injury is high (around 50%) with posterior dislocation and somewhat lower with non-posterior dislocation. At least, that’s what I learned way back when.
Pediatric EM Morsels
JULY 7, 2023
This one can be thought of as being akin to the radial head subluxation (ie, Nursemaid’s Elbow) of the knee – Proximal Tibiofibular Joint Dislocation : Proximal Tibiofibular Joint Dislocation in Children: Basics Proximal Tibiofibular Joint (PTF) dislocations are relatively rare. MANAGE PAIN!
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The Trauma Pro
JULY 25, 2023
Although posterior hip dislocation is an uncommon injury, the consequences of delayed recognition or treatment can be dire. The majority are caused by head-on car crashes, and 90% of these are posterior dislocations. And be sure to thoroughly evaluate the rest of the patient.
Taming the SRU
MARCH 11, 2024
Acute knee dislocations are rare orthopedic injuries that have high morbidity and need to be recognized quickly by the emergency physician; if unrecognized or inadequately treated, these injuries can lead to vascular and limb compromise (1,2). Knee dislocations make up less than 0.5% Knee dislocations make up less than 0.5%
Ultrasound Gel
AUGUST 3, 2020
People have been using POCUS to diagnosis shoulder dislocation for a while now, although it is far from standard of care in most places. We have seen that it is really accurate compared to xray, but this well-done study adds some important information to the existing literature.
Pediatric EM Morsels
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
” Children compensate for blood and volume loss very well… until they don’t. Most commonly caused by fracture or dislocation of vertebrae. As our fearless leader likes to say: “children are not aliens, but they are a special population with unique anatomy and physiology.”
Pediatric EM Morsels
MARCH 31, 2023
They like to pretend to be well when they are truly sick ( remember to check that Cap Refill and to never trust a Neonate! ) Children love to trick us! Sometimes it is all in good fun and other times it is quite serious! and they often show us “odd” findings that are really normal (ex, Growth Plates, Primitive Reflexes ).
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