7. Orthopedic Trauma
Educational materials and pathways regarding the evaluation and management of orthopedic injuries.
Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Open Fractures
BACKGROUNDOpen fractures are high energy injuries with an increased risk of infection due to pote...
Hand/Finger Reimplantation
Patients Requiring Hand/Finger Reimplantation Decision to transfer/divert a patient needing r...
Isolated Hip Fracture Protocol
Section One: Timing and Care Sequence: 1. Presentation to the Emergency Room a. Assessmen...
Isolated Orthopedic Injury Admission Guidelines
Purpose · To identify which isolated traumatically injured patients can appropriately be...
Orthopedic Trauma Discharge VTE Prophylaxis
Not Indicated: In general, VTE prophylaxis at discharge is not indicated for the following inj...
Management of Open Fractures
Purpose Open fractures are high energy injuries that have increased risk of infection due to pot...
Mangled Extremity Management
Purpose: To aid in the rapid evaluation of a trauma patient presenting with a severely injured li...