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CRACKCast E058 - Ankle & Foot Jan 16, 2017

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This episode covers Chapter 58 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Orthopaedic Ankle and Foot injuries. Its a gooder for sure.

Describe the bones of the foot and important joints/ligaments
List Ankle stress tests
Describe an approach to ankle x rays (including the Ottawa ankle rules)
Describe the Weber classification
List indications for ortho referral in the ER
Describe the management of Achilles and Tibialis posterior tendon ruptures
Describe the Hawkin's classification of talar neck fractures
Describe the diagnosis and management of calcaneal fractures and list 3 injuries associated with calcaneal fractures
Describe the anatomy and classification of lisfranc injuries
Describe the management of metatarsal shaft fractures.
List 6 predisposing conditions for stress fractures
List 4 causes each of hindfoot pain and forefoot pain
Differentiate between Jones and Dancer's fracture
Describe 4 plain-film radiographic abnormalities for stress fracture
Describe the Tillaux fracture and pathophysiology

Wisecracks:

Discuss soft tissue injuries of the ankle
Name 6 other mimics of the " it's just an ankle sprain"

CRACKCast E057 - Knee & Lower Leg Jan 09, 2017

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This episode covers Chapter 57 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine.

1) List contents of popliteal fossa

2) Describe Ottawa knee Rule

3) Describe Schatzker classification for tibial plateaus fractures

4) Describe the Insall-Salvati ratio

5) Describe the management of a knee dislocation

6) Describe the management and classification of patellar fracture and dislocation

7) List 6 overuse syndromes

8) Describe the sensory and motor function of nerves of the lower extremity

9) Describe the 4 compartments of the lower leg and their contents

10) Describe the management of Tibial tubercle fractures and Osgood-Schlatter Disease

11) List 4 complications of tibial shaft fractures

12) Describe the management of proximal fibula fractures

Wisecracks

What is a Baker's cyst and how is it managed?

What are extensor mechanism injuries in the knee?

DDx of acute onset calf pain?

CRACKCast E056 - Hip and Femur Jan 02, 2017

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This episode covers Chapter 56 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine.

1) List 3 compartments of leg and contents

2) List 8 causes of AVN (traumatic and atraumatic)

3) List 5 most common primary cancers metastatic to bone

4) List 15 causes of hip pain without an obvious hip fracture

5) List 3 techniques for reduction of the hip

6) Describe 4 types of hip dislocation.

Wisecracks

Pediatric hip/femur pathology?
Hip dislocations
Classification of femur fractures
6 causes of a child with a limp

CRACKcast E055 - Pelvic Trauma Dec 26, 2016

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This episode covers Chapter 55 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine.

1) Describe common pelvic fractures and their classification

A)Young-Burgess classification

B)Tile classification

C)Denis classification

2) List 3 categories of complications of pelvic fractures

3) Describe the approach and management of hemodynamically unstable pelvic fracture.

4) List 5 radiographic cues to posterior arch fractures

5) What is the management of penetrating pelvic trauma

Wisecracks:

1) How are open pelvic fractures diagnosed and managed?

2) What is the classification of acetabular fractures?

3) How are coccygeal fractures managed?

CRACKCast E054 - MSK Back Pain Dec 19, 2016

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This episode covers Chapter 54 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine.

1) Describe the myotomes and dermatomes L3-S1

2) List 4 Red Flag Diagnoses with associated RFs, Hx, PEX findings

3) Describe SLR, crossed-SLR, flip-test, reverse SLR and their implications

4) List 5 indications for Xray in low back pain

5) Discuss the discrimination of functional from organic back pain

6) Describe the management of:

a. Fracture

b. Cauda Equina Syndrome

c. Spinal Infection

d. Vertebral Malignancy

e. Simple Radiculopathy

7) List 8 DDx for Thoracic back pain

Wisecracks: Backpain treatment cocktails? When to order the CT scan? How to estimate the amount of post-void residual volume with ultrasound?

CRACKCast E053 - Shoulder Dec 12, 2016

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CRACKCast E052 - Elbow And Humerus Dec 05, 2016

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This episode covers Chapter 52 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine.

Describe an approach to the pediatric elbow
Classify supracondylar fractures in children
List 3 complications of supracondylar fractures
Describe the management of supracondylar fractures
Describe the management of humeral shaft fractures – displaced and non-displaced
Describe 3 injuries common in Little-leaguer's elbow
Describe the management and classification of radial head fractures
Describe the expected neurovascular injuries and management of posterior elbow dislocations
List the indications for x-ray in radial head subluxation
Describe the management of olecranon bursitis