SplintER Series: My Arm Is Stuck Like This
December 8, 2021
A 70-year-old female presents with right shoulder pain and the inability to adduct her arm after she fell on the sidewalk. You obtain shoulder x-rays...
William C. Chan, DO
SplintER Series: My Foot Shouldn’t Look Like This
December 3, 2021
A 45-year-old male presents with left foot pain and deformity after he inverted his foot while running on uneven pavement. You obtain foot and ankle...
Jonathan Jong, DO
SplintER Series: I Declare a Thumb War
November 26, 2021
A 39-year-old female presents to the emergency department with right thumb pain after falling in a skiing accident. On exam, there is mild swelling...
Justine Ko, MD
SplintER Series: Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
October 11, 2021
A 45-year-old man presents to the emergency department with chest pain after a high-speed motor vehicle accident where his sternum hit the steering wheel. You...
SplintER Series: Pedal to the Metal
August 18, 2021
A 32-year-old female presents to the emergency department with right ankle pain after a high-speed motor vehicle accident. On exam, she is noted to have...
SplintER Series: My Foot Doesn’t Work Right
August 11, 2021
A 35-year-old male felt a painful “pop” in his posterior left lower leg while playing football. Afterward, his “foot didn’t work right anymore.” X-ray of...
Christopher Durkin, DO
SplintER Series: Fracture After a Fall From a Bunk Bed
August 6, 2021
A 6-year-old male presents to the ED after a fall from his 5 foot high bunk bed causing elbow trauma. On exam, there is...
Jeffrey Heiferman, MD
SplintER Series: Case of the Swollen Finger
August 4, 2021
An 18-year-old male presents with a painful and swollen left thumb. He removed a splinter from his finger a few days ago however, 2 days...
Kayla Prokopakis, DO
SplintER Series: One Big Bounce
July 7, 2021
A 5-year-old boy presents with right leg pain and a limp. His parents report it started after he was bouncing on the trampoline with...
Mark Hopkins, MD
SplintER Series: To Immobilize or Not to Immobilize: That is the Question
June 25, 2021
A patient presents to the Emergency Department after sustaining a twisting knee injury while skiing. She felt a pop and was unable to bear weight...
Katherine WD Dolbec, MD, FACEP, CAQSM
SplintER Series: Attack by Bat
June 16, 2021
30-year-old male presents to the ED with pain over the right shoulder after being assaulted by a bat. The right arm is held in adduction...
BuMin Kong, MD
SplintER Series: The Tooth of the Cervical Spine
June 9, 2021
80-year-old male patient brought in by ambulance for a witnessed fall. A cervical collar was placed by EMS because of midline neck pain. The...