SAQ Library : Orthopaedics
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Perilunate wrist dislocation
An 88-year-old man is brought in by ambulance to your emergency department atier a fall down 3 steps onto his …
Supracondylar humerus fracture
A 5-year-old girl presents after falling from monkey bars and injuring her right elbow. A lateral X-ray of the elbow …
Non-accidental injury – metaphyseal fracture
A 3-month-old boy presents as unsettled. On examination he appears to have a painful leg and an X-ray is performed.
Biers block
A 54-year-old female presents to your Emergency Department with left wrist pain following a trip and fall. She has no …
Pelvic crush injury
A 22-year-old Ubereats delivery man is brought in by retrieval to your tertiary ED having been run over by a …
Femur fracture
A 78-year-old pedestrian male has been knocked over by a cyclist. X-rays are performed.
Toddler limp
A 2-year-old boy is brought to your ED not weight-bearing on his left leg for 5 days, progressively reluctant to …
Rural open fracture
A 34-year-old man has been brought to your rural ED after falling out of a tractor on his farm. He …
Wrist injury
A 55-year-old woman has fallen and presents with a deformed wrist. Her X-ray is shown below:
Fever and limp
A 2-year-old girl is brought into your ED with 5-days of fevers and limp. Mum states she had first noticed …
FOOSH injury
A 25-year-old man has presented to the ED after falling 2m off a balcony onto his outstretched left hand.
Elbow injury
You are the ED consultant in a regional centre when a 30-year-old male presents with an isolated left elbow injury …
Knee dislocation
A 69-year-old obese female is brought in by ambulance with severe pain to her right knee and inability to weight …
Compartment syndrome
You are called to see patient in your department who is awaiting orthopaedic admission for a complex lower leg fracture …