Orthopedic

Does POCUS Expedite Care?

A 22-year-old male is brought in by EMS to the ED after falling 20 feet. He landed primarily on his right leg, which is now obviously deformed with broken skin and exposed bone distally. He is in obvious pain with a grossly deformed right ankle. Pulses are normal and equal bilaterally. What’s the next step in your evaluation and treatment?

A rare ankle injury that occurs with disruption of the talo-navicular and talocalcaneal joints. Not to be confused with “ankle” (tibio-talar) dislocation!

How does it fare compared to our old friend the xray?

The Emergency Department management of ankle fractures varies greatly between stable and unstable injuries. How can you tell the difference? Enter the Stress View.

Learn the various management options for temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dislocation in this CORE EM post!

Elbow dislocation may be simple and uncomplicated, but know the associated complications that occur in this CORE EM post.

There are a whole slew of very important occult knee injuries – those that have a normal or near normal x-ray – that can cause serious morbidity if you miss them, and for the catchall soft tissue injuries there are some subtleties in diagnosis and management that will make a real difference to our patients.