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===Forearm===
===Forearm===
*Radial Head Fracture
===Humerus===
**Nondisplaced
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***[[Sling and Swathe Splint]]
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Fracture'''
**Displaced
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Splint'''
***[[Long Arm Posterior Splint]] or emerg. ORIF
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Disposition'''
*Monteggia (ulnar shaft w/prox radioulnar disloc)
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**Emergent ortho for ORIF
|[[Radial head fracture]]
*Galeazzi Fracture (distal radius w/distal ulnar disloc)
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**Emerg. ortho for ORIF
*Nondisplaced
*[[Elbow Dislocation]]
**[[Sling and Swathe Splint]]
**[[Long Arm Posterior Splint]] after reduction (if assoc. Fx-emerg. ortho)
*Displaced
*[[Forearm Fracture]]
**[[Long Arm Posterior Splint]] or emerg. ORIF
**[[Sugar Tong Splint]]
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*[[Colle's Fracture]] (distal radius with dist dorsal angulation)
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**[[Sugar Tong Splint]]
|[[Monteggia]] (ulnar shaft w/prox radioulnar disloc)
*Smith Fracture (reverse colles w/ volar angulation)
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**[[Sugar Tong Splint]]
|Emergent ortho for ORIF
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|[[Galeazzi fracture]] (distal radius w/distal ulnar disloc)
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|Emerg. ortho for ORIF
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|[[Elbow Dislocation]]
|[[Long arm posterior splint]] after reduction  
|If associated fracture emergent ortho consult
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|[[Forearm fracture]]
|[[Sugar Tong Splint]]
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|-
|[[Colle's fracture]] (distal radius with dist dorsal angulation)
|[[Sugar Tong Splint]]
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|[[Smith fracture]] (reverse colles w/ volar angulation)
|[[Sugar Tong Splint]]
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===Hand===
===Hand===

Revision as of 12:33, 8 November 2015

Types

Upper Extremity

Humerus

Fracture Splint Disposition
Humeral shaft fracture
Supracondylar Humeral Fracture Long Arm Posterior Splint Ortho consult for Type 2 or 3
Humeral condyle fracture Long Arm Posterior Splint ortho for ORIF if displaced
Olecranon fracture

Forearm

Humerus

Fracture Splint Disposition
Radial head fracture
Monteggia (ulnar shaft w/prox radioulnar disloc) Emergent ortho for ORIF
Galeazzi fracture (distal radius w/distal ulnar disloc) Emerg. ortho for ORIF
Elbow Dislocation Long arm posterior splint after reduction If associated fracture emergent ortho consult
Forearm fracture Sugar Tong Splint
Colle's fracture (distal radius with dist dorsal angulation) Sugar Tong Splint
Smith fracture (reverse colles w/ volar angulation) Sugar Tong Splint

Hand

Lower Extremity

References