AIR Series: Orthopedics Upper Extremity Module (2016)

Posted by Andrew Grock, MD on Jul 01, 2016

Welcome to the Orthopedics Upper Extremity Module! After carefully reviewing all relevant posts from the top 50 sites of the Social Media Index the ALiEM AIR Team is proud to present the highest quality orthopedic upper extremity content. Below we have listed our selection of the 14 highest quality blog posts within the past 12 months (as of March 2016) related to orthopedic upper extremity emergencies, curated and approved for residency training by the AIR Series Board. More specifically in this module, we identified 2 AIRs and 12 Honorable Mentions. We recommend programs give 5 hours (just over 20 minutes per article) of III credit for this module.

AIR Stamp of Approval and Honorable Mentions

In an effort to truly emphasize the highest quality posts, we have two subsets of recommended resources. The AIR stamp of approval will only be given to posts scoring above a strict scoring cut-off of ≥30 points (out of 35 total), based on our scoring instrument. The other subset is for “Honorable Mention” posts. These posts have been flagged by and agreed upon by AIR Board members as worthwhile, accurate, unbiased, and appropriately referenced despite an average score.

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Highlighted quality posts

Article Title	Author	Date	Link	Title
More Dogma: Epinephrine in Digital Nerve Blocks	Rob Bryant, MD	September 3, 2015	Rebel EM: Epi in Digits	Approved Instructional Resource
A St.Emlyn’s fascia iliaca block update	Alan Grayson , MD	January 22, 2016	St Emlyn’s: Iliaca Block	Approved Instructional Resource
Septic Joint: Reminders, Updates and Pitfalls	Matthew A. Heimann, MD and Kevin Barlotta, MD	May 9, 2015	EMDocs: Septic Joint	Honorable Mention
Open Fractures	Richard B. Moleno, DO, MS and Michael Venezia, DO, MPH	December 31, 2015	EM Docs: Open Fractures	Honorable Mention
Boring Question: Does this pediatric patient require a hard cast?	Patrick Bafuma, PA	March 23, 2015	CanadiEM: Peds and Hard Casts	Honorable Mention
PV Card: Adult scaphoid fracture	Sean Kivlehan, MD, MPH	February 1, 2016	ALiEM: Scaphoid Fracture	Honorable Mention
Episode 52: Commonly Missed Uncommon Orthopedic Injuries	Anton Helman, MD	October 1, 2014	EM Cases: Missed Ortho Injuries	Honorable Mention
Clinical Question: How effective is intra-articular lidocaine for shoulder reduction?	Patrick Bafuma, PA	March 22, 2016	Candi EM: IA Lido	Honorable Mention
Handy Knowledge: Subtle and High-Risk Hand Injuries	Ryan Mason, MD and Alex St. John, MD	September 19, 2015	EM Docs: Hand Injuries	Honorable Mention
Episode 58: Tendons and Ligaments – Commonly Missed Uncommon Orthopedic Injuries Part 2	Anton Helman, MD	January 1, 2015	EM Cases: Missed Ortho Injuries 2	Honorable Mention
The Crashing Patient with Long Bone Fractures: A Case of Fat Embolism Syndrome	Molly Tollins, MD, Nick Johnson, MD	January 21, 2016	EM Docs: Fat Embolism 1	Honorable Mention
Wrist and Distal Forearm Injuries: Pearls and Pitfalls	Jason Brown, MD	November 7, 2015	EM Docs: Wrist/Forearm Injuries	Honorable Mention
Septic Arthitis	Sean Fox, MD	August 28, 2015	PEM Morsels: Septic Joint	Honorable Mention
Shoulder Dislocation	Sean Fox, MD	July 31, 2015	PEM Morsels: Shoulder dislocation	Honorable Mention

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Author information

Andrew Grock, MD

Lead Editor/Co-Founder of ALiEM Approved Instructional Resources (AIR)
Faculty Physician, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
UCLA Emergency Medicine Department

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