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Splinting Series
October 11, 2023
Splinting Series Part 4 - Post Splint Complications
An 18 year old male presents to the emergency department with heel pain two weeks following a high ankle sprain from a traumatic forklift incident. He was placed in a cam boot at that time. Since then, his ankle pain has improved but he now has a worsening erythematous wound with discharge on his heel.
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Splinting Series Part 4 - Post Splint Complications
October 04, 2023
Splinting Series, Part 3: Upper Extremity
It’s a busy Friday night in a small town, and you are working in the only ED nearby. It’s the first football night of the season and the waiting room is full of players with various injuries. They are all neurovascularly intact, without evidence of an open wound.
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Splinting Series, Part 3: Upper Extremity
September 27, 2023
Splinting Series Part 2: Lower Extremity
A 5 year old presents to the ED with significant pain and inability to bear weight on his right leg after twisting attempting to catch a ball while playing with his brothers. On exam, he has pain and swelling over the distal tibia and is neurovascularly intact.
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Splinting Series Part 2: Lower Extremity
September 20, 2023
Splinting Series Part 1: Indication and Application
A 7 year old male arrives at your rural ED after being struck by a motor vehicle. His primary survey is unremarkable but on the secondary survey, he has a significant, deep soft tissue laceration overlying the left anterior shin with concerns of an open fracture.
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Splinting Series Part 1: Indication and Application