Welcome to the second of TERN’s Top Papers. Each month, a different region review a selection of papers on a different theme each month.…
Foot Injuries
Foot injuries are common and because they affect mobility, they can have significant effects on a patient’s life and so are important.…
Foot Injuries
Foot injuries and pain, both as a result of trauma and pain of non-traumatic origin, is common. Because it affects mobility, it can have significant effects on a patient’s life and so is importa…
Inversion injury with a twist
An 11-year-old previously well boy presented 2 days after sustaining a twisting inversion injury to his right ankle while running down hill on grassy ground.…
Fractured Neck of Femur
Fracture of the neck of the femur is a common injury and the incidence is increasing although it is not always easy to diagnose. The majority of fractures are caused by falls in the elderly and the fr…
Fractured Neck of Femur
The risk factors for a fractured NOF can simplistically be divided into risk factors for falls and risk factors for osteoporosis.…
The Constraints of Hip X-Ray
A 82-year-old woman presents with a likely dislocation of her hip prosthesis.…
Knee goes Pop
A 12-year-old boy felt his right knee pop after twisting it during a rugby tackle.…
Trampoline Ankle
You are asked to review a 3-year-old girl brought in crying inconsolably by her parents.…
An Unusual Ankle Fracture
A 14-year-old girl attends the emergency department following a fall whilst ice skating.…
Pelvic Pain Proves Poignant
A 53-year-old lady with MS presents with left hip and pelvic pain after a fall.…
The Dangers of Low Slung Jeans!
A 13-year-old boy was brought into the ED by ambulance after falling off his BMX bike.…
When thunder roars, go indoors!
Learning about lightning injuries…
Lightning Learning
During Summer storms, lightning strikes can cause fatalities …but what happens to the survivors?…
Traumatic Hip Dislocation in a Young Woman – a complication
An 18-year-old female is brought into the ED following a head-on collision with another car with a combined speed of approximately 100mph…
Knee Aspiration – What the patient needs to know
You see a gentleman with a swollen knee. You decide he needs a Knee Aspiration…
Hip Examination: Apophyseal Avulsion
A 14-year-old footballer is brought in by paramedics. Whilst shooting at goal, he felt an intense pop in his left hip, followed by a sudden shooting pain…
Relieving pain in a fractured femur
A 27 year-old male cyclist presents with an isolated fractured left femur, having been hit by a car. The paramedics have given 10 mg IV morphine, entonox and splinted his leg…
Hips Don’t Lie
A low impact fall in a 64-year-old woman has caused her medial thigh pain. What injuries has she sustained?…
FRCEM Primary Paper 3
FRCEM Primary Examination Single Best Answer…