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10/22/24, 10:25 AMScience Medicine Surgery
Emergency Medicine II: Orthopedic Emergencies
Questions With Correct Answers
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PA Chest: Pneumothorax, hemothorax
Trauma X-ray series: AP Pelvis: Pelvic fracture associated w/4 units of blood loss
L Cervical Spine: Endplate of C7 must be visualized
Hemodynamically unstable fractures: Pelvis and Femur
The bony pelvis forms a ___. When the ring ring, two fractures
is broken, most often __ occur.
The ___ can sustain isolated rami or sacral elderly
fractures due to minor trauma and
osteopenia.
High energy ___ fractures assoicated with pelvis, laceration
organ vascular ___.
___ neck fractures and ___ dislocations are Femoral, hip
prone to avascular necrosis.
___ fractures have a higher rate of nonunion Intracapsular, femoral head
or malunion and are more likely to lead to
avascular necrosis of the _.
_ __ of the hip, including an anterior- Plain radiographs
posterior (AP) view with maximal internal
rotation and a lateral view, should be
obtained in all patients with a suspected
hip fracture.
Pulsatile bleeding, an expanding hematoma, distal ischemia, pulseless limb, audible
Patients with hard signs of a vascular injury:
bruit
As extremity injuries are evaluated, each of "mangled extremity"
4 functional components (nerves, vessels,
bones, soft tissues) must be considered
individually AND together. If 3 of 4 are
Emergency Medicine II: Orthopedic Emergencies
Skeletal and soft tissue injury: 1-4
Limb ischemia (score is DOUBLED for ischemia > 6 hours): 1-3
Mangled Extremity Severity Score (MESS): Shock: 0-2
Age: 0-2
> 7 needs trauma center
Warm ischemia time should be limited by amputated body part, ice
wrapping the_______ in LR + gauze or by
indirect cooling (placing the body part in a
container and then placing the container
on ice). The extremity should not be
exposed directly to ___.
injured, the patient has a " ____ ".
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