Ep 190 Carpal Bone Injuries – The Big 4

In this month’s EM Quick Hits Podcast, Mike Weinstock dissects a pediatric headache medical malpractice case, Zoe Polsky reviews the use of phenobarbital for alcohol withdrawal, and Kylie Booth and Nour Khatib discuss how a Peer-to-Peer program can support emergency clinicians. P ...  Afficher plus

When to image, when to wait, and what to do when the ideal test isn’t available are often far more nuanced than they appear. In this EM Cases episode, Dr. Amit Shah joins Anton to tackle some of the toughest everyday imaging decisions: How much should cumulative radiation exposur ...  Afficher plus

Contributor: Nick Tsipis MD

Educational Pearls:

The scaphoid bone is the most proximal carpal bone just distal to the radius

Wrist fractures are common. They can occur in older women with osteoporosis and low-impact injury. Or young men with high-impact injuries. And they can cause complications from malunion to joint stiffness to complex regional pain syndrome. So it is important that we get the diagn ...  Afficher plus

By the end of this podcast, the listener will be able to: Identify key features on history and physical examination suggestive of proximal metacarpal fractures; Create a differential diagnosis for proximal metacarpal fractures; Understand the initial management for a patient with ...  Afficher plus

In this episode, we review the high-yield topic of Scaphoid Fracture from the Hand section.

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