An easy way to get plastered

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George Douros shares with us the system employed at the Austin ED in Melbourne for bringing order to the chaos of the plaster room. The post includes links to pdf downloads of the instruction charts and plaster templates.

High Pressure-Injection Injury

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A review on the emergency department assessment and management of high-pressure injection injuries.

Cunningham’s Shoulder Relocation

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A video and description of Neal Cunningham’s method of reduction for anterior shoulder dislocations and relevant links on shoulderdislocation.net

Therapeutic Taping for Musculoskeletal Conditions

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Therapeutic Taping for Musculoskeletal Conditions is a practical and enlightening text. It discusses and demonstrates a range of taping techniques to be used in conjunction with other treatments to address complaints.

UCEM Guidelines for Orthopedics

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Egerton Y Davis IV unveils the latest guidelines to be produced by UCEM, the much anticipated Guidelines for Orthopedic Surgery.

Ankle Sprains

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A 23 year-old female netball player presents c/o pain and swelling to her right ankle post playing netball. The patients states she landed heavily, inverting her right ankle after jumping up to defend a goal shot, but was able to play on for another 2-3 minutes before the pain, and swelling became uncomfortable. The patients hobbles into minor injuries room, were you elevate the leg, and provided ice, analgesia, and start to wonder if she meets the criteria for X-ray to rule out a fracture?

Hip and Pelvis Injuries

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LITFL looks at the latest review from EBMedicine on pelvic and hip injuries in the emergency department. Test your knowledge now!

Skier’s Thumb

Injury to the ulnar collateral ligament can occur acutely or chronically, and is an easy to miss injury that can lead to chronic instability if not identified and treated early.
Acute injury known as skier’s thumb occurs due to a fall on outstretched hand with thumb forced into abduction.
Gamekeeper’s thumb is a chronic lesion which develops from repetitive strain on the UCL.

A Funny Fracture

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A case study describing the assessment and management of humeral shaft fractures.

XtraNormal Gold

Some more XtraNormal gold…with Obstetrics vs Anaesthesia and Dr Cardigan meets the manager