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 and Foot Pain
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…
May 2017
Welcome back to the RCEM Learning podcast for May 2017…
Hip Examination: Apophyseal Avulsion Fracture
A 14-year-old footballer is brought in by paramedics. Whilst shooting a goal, he felt an intense pop in his left hip, followed by a sudden shooting pain.…
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.…
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.…
The Knee Bone’s Connected to…
This man presented to his GP after an alleged assault. His knee was examined by the GP and he was sent for an X-Ray of his knee and a telemedicine link with the ED arranged.…
Triple Trouble
A 40-year-old man is brought to the ED after being hit on his right hand side by a car travelling at approximately 20 mph.…
Sounds like a “Second” injury in the knee
A 20-year-old man presents after injuring his knee in football. He describes a tackle and varus stress on the knee.…