Target Audience
This internet-enduring material is designed for physicians, mid-level providers, and nurses practicing in the specialty of emergency medicine, critical care, and resuscitation.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to:
- better diagnose commonly missed injuries of all major limbs and joints
- review examinations of the wrist, elbow, shoulder, ankle and knee
- review reduction techniques for the hip, ankle, wrist and shoulder
- review the principles of, and observe best techniques to splint upper and lower limbs
Module 1: Orthopaedic Principles
- Lecture: Orthopaedic Principles
- Tutorial: Introduction
- Tutorial: Basic Components of Splinting
Module 2: Hand Injuries
- Lecture: Hand
- Tutorial: Ulnar Gutter
- Tutorial: Thumb Spica
Module 3: Carpals & Wrist
- Lecture: Carpals & Wrist
- Tutorial: Wrist Examination
Module 4: Distal Radius
- Lecture: Distal Radius
- Tutorial: Short-Arm Splint: part 1
- Tutorial: Short-Arm Splint: part 2
- Lecture: Wrist Reduction
Module 5: Forearm & Elbow
- Lecture: Forearm & Elbow
- Tutorial: Elbow Examination
Module 6: Humerus, Shoulder & Clavicle
- Lecture: Humerus, Shoulder & Clavicle
- Tutorial: Shoulder Examination
- Tutorial: The Cunningham Technique
Module 7: Ankle & Foot
- Lecture: Ankle
- Tutorial: Ankle Exam: part 1
- Tutorial: Ankle Exam: part 2
- Tutorial: Ankle Reduction
- Tutorial: Below-Knee Splint
- Lecture: Foot
Module 8: The Hip
- Lecture: The Hip
- Tutorial: Hip Reduction
Module 9: Knee Injuries
- Lecture: Knee Injuries
- Tutorial: Knee Examination
- Lecture: Conclusion
