Acquired torticollis must be differentiated from more serious symptoms and remains a common presenting complaint in the Pediatric Emergency Department. Learn more about it in this episode of PEMCurrents the Pediatric Emergency Medicine podcast.
Fingertip fractures, even open ones are managed a bit differently than others. Learn more about these here.
People punch things. Sometimes they break their hands. This post is about those people.
Check out these resources that reinforce concepts taught in a recent education session at Cincinnati Childrens.
Check out a brief video on how to reduce a dislocated finger.
The Case An 80 pound 12 year old soccer star tripped in a hole while challenging for the ball. Another player on the pitch stumbled in the same (big) hole and landed awkwardly on the first player's leg. Even the fans on the next field [...]
Seriously, I can never manage to remember the differences between Monteggia and Galeazzi fractures - especially when it shows up on standardized tests. So, this edition of Fracture Fridays focuses on differentiating the two. Essentially, when one forearm bone breaks and is displaced, angulated and [...]
The case A 15 year old skateboarder totally screws up a rail grind. After posting his wipeout to YouTube his friends call his mom, who notices that he has been unable to walk on his ankle - probably because of how ridiculously swollen it is. [...]
The case A preschooler was riding his big sister's "girl" bike, crashed it and landed on his outstretched hand. A true FOOSH if you will (fell on outstretched hand). His mom brought him to the ED because he was having trouble holding his iPad with [...]
Did you know that there is a regular feature on PEMBlog called Fracture Fridays? Did you know that these posts are about fractures, and that they are released on Fridays? OK, so that last question was a bit pandering, of course you did. Well then, [...]