This 32 year old has fallen off a ladder, and has hip pain. Their x-rays show a pubic ramus fracture, they’re able to mobilise, so can I send them home?
This 32 year old has fallen off a ladder, and has hip pain. Their x-rays show a pubic ramus fracture, they’re able to mobilise, so can I send them home?
A 30-year-old female athlete patient presents with hip pain progressively worsening for 3 weeks.
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.
A 53-year-old lady with MS presents with left hip and pelvic pain after a fall.
Understanding mechanism of injury is a crucial aspect of managing patients who have suffered traumatic injuries. This module aims to provide an overview on attaining this information and its translation into patient care.
Understanding mechanism of injury is a crucial aspect of managing patients who have suffered traumatic injuries. This session aims to provide an overview on attaining this information and its translation into patient care.
A low impact fall in a 64-year-old woman has caused her medial thigh pain. What injuries has she sustained?
30 questions. 30 minutes. Test yourself against your colleagues!
This session is about the assessment and complex management of patients with pelvic injury in the emergency department.
This session is about the assessment and complex management of patients with pelvic injury in the ED.
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 fracture usually occurs through osteoporotic bone
The risk factors for a fractured NOF can simplistically be divided into risk factors for falls and risk factors for osteoporosis.
A 82-year-old woman presents with a likely dislocation of her hip prosthesis.
An introduction to FAST scanning in the emergency department and a brief introduction to ultrasound physics
What will you do when called to attend a trauma call for a motorcyclist with a suspected pelvis problem?
With the advent of urgent care centres, your exposure to orthopaedics won’t be what it used to be. However, if you follow some of the basic tips here, your orthopaedic surgeons and patients will be happy!
The alert phone goes: the ambulance team are bringing in a 2 year old girl who has fallen down a flight of stairs