EMERGENCY MEDICINE GUIDELINES for ACE the ACEM
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Lower Limb Fractures

CHQ Minor Fractures Guideline
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Workbook Questions :
 
Case 1
A 14-year-old girl rolls he ankle during a netball game and is now unable to weight bear. She complains of pain all over her ankle and there is moderate swelling in that area. Her XR is shown below.
  1. When would you XR an ankle? Are there any rules you would use?
  2. Describe her XR
  3. How would you manage this case?
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Case 2
A 9-month-old boy presents to ED with his mother as she noticed some swelling in his R thigh and he seemed to be unsettled. His XR is shown below

  1. Describe this XR
  2. What are your concerns with this image?
  3. How will this case be managed?
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    • Bronchiectasis
    • Burns
    • Chest Pain >
      • ADP Chest Pain Pathway
    • Cholecystitis
    • Confusion
    • COPD
    • Diverticulitis
    • DKA
    • DVT
    • Eating Disorders
    • Febrile Neutropaenia
    • Fractures >
      • Bier's block procedure form
      • Fractured neck of Femur
    • Funnel Web Spider Bite
    • Headache
    • Influenza Like illness
    • Meningitis
    • Obstetrics >
      • Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy
      • Normal Birth
      • PPH
      • Preterm labour
      • Still birth
      • Trauma in pregnancy
    • Pancreatitis
    • Paracetamol OD
    • Pathology Ordering
    • Peri-anal abscess
    • Pertussis
    • Pneumonia
    • Pneumothorax
    • Podiatry
    • Procedural Sedation >
      • Procedural Sedation
    • Pulmonary Embolus
    • PV Bleeding in Early pregnancy >
      • EPAU - Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit
    • Redback Spider Bite
    • Ring cutter use
    • Seizure
    • Septic Arthritis
    • Use of Restraints
    • Stroke / TIA
    • Sepsis
    • Smoking cessation
    • Snake Bite
    • Syncope >
      • Telemetry guideline
    • TIA
    • Tonometer use
    • Antidotes
    • Dagibatran reversal guidelines
    • Funnel Web Spider Bite
    • Redback Spider Bite
    • Paracetamol OD
    • Snake Bite
    • Warfarin Reversal Guidelines
    • Trauma >
      • C-spine injury
      • Head Injury
      • Imaging Guidelines
      • Trauma in pregnancy
      • Sutures
    • Abdominal Pain
    • Allergy / Anaphylaxis
    • Antimicrobial Guidelines
    • Asthma & Wheeze
    • Behavioural Disturbance
    • Boils - Staph decolonisation treatment
    • Bronchiolitis
    • Buckle fractures
    • Burns
    • Cervical Spine Guideline
    • Chest Pain (Paediatric)
    • Child Protection
    • Constipation
    • Croup
    • DKA
    • Drowning
    • Eating Disorders
    • Fever
    • Fluids in Kids
    • Foreign Bodies
    • Gastroenteritis
    • Headache
    • Head Injury
    • High Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen
    • Hypoglycaemia
    • Jaundiced Neonate
    • Limping in children
    • Malaria
    • Meningitis
    • Oncology Emergencies
    • Otitis Externa
    • Otitis Media
    • Paediatric Fracture Clinic Referral
    • Paracetamol Poisoning
    • Petechial Rash
    • Pneumonia (CAP)
    • Seizures / Status Epilepticus
    • Sepsis Guideline
    • Tetanus Prophylaxis
    • Torticollis
    • UTI NICE Guideline
    • Trauma in children >
      • LCCH Paeds Trauma Guidelines
      • C Spine Injury LCCH Guideline
      • LCCH Massive Transfusion
    • RCH Melbourne Guidelines
  • Parent Handouts
    • Accidental Poisoning
    • Abdominal Pain
    • Ankle Sprain
    • Arrhythmia
    • Asthma
    • Bronchiolitis
    • Chest Infections
    • Cast Care
    • Cellulitis
    • Constipation
    • Croup
    • DKA
    • Epistaxis
    • Eye Foreign Body
    • Febrile Convulsion
    • Fever
    • Fracture- Buckle
    • Fracture- Clavicle
    • Fracture- Elbow
    • Fracture- Finger/Toe
    • Fracture- Foot
    • Gatroenteritis
    • Glue- Lacerations
    • Head Injury
    • Jaundice
    • Otitis Externa
    • Parechovirus
    • Periorbital and Orbital cellulitis
    • Pulled Elbow
    • Seizures
    • Tonsillitis
    • Urticaria
    • Viral Illness
    • Wound Care
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