EM Cases · Limb and extremity trauma
Open fracture and threatened limb — resus station
ACEM Fellowship resus OSCE on Gustilo antibiotics, hard signs, compartment syndrome and documentation.
On this page
Study tools
Target exams
ACEMFRCEMABEMFRCPCEBEEM
Prompt
Motorcycle crash: open tibial fracture, tense calf, weak distal pulse.
Station brief
Format. Clinical-management (resus) station, 11 minutes.
References2ShowHide
- [1]Gustilo RB, Mendoza RM, Williams DN. Problems in the management of type III (severe) open fractures: a new classification of type III open fractures. J Trauma, 1984.PMID 6471139
- [2]FLOW Investigators, Bhandari M, Jeray KJ, et al. A Trial of Wound Irrigation in the Initial Management of Open Fracture Wounds. N Engl J Med, 2015.PMID 26448371