SAQ Stack : Orthopaedics
Short Answer Questions for ED Fellowship Study
Pelvic fracture and haemorrhagic shock
A 35 year old woman is brought to your tertiary ED following a high speed motor bike accident. She is …
Paediatric femoral shaft fracture transfer
An 11-year-old girl presents to your rural emergency department after a car accident. An X-ray of the left femur is …
Elder abuse
An 83-year-old female, from a non-English speaking background, is brought in with increasing right thigh pain and swelling after falling …
Trimalleolar ankle fracture-dislocation
A 65-year-old female presents to your urban district hospital at 11.30pm having slipped on wet floor and is unable to …
Arm injury
A 35-year-old man presents with a painful right arm after a fall from his jet ski 1 hour prior to …
Paediatric elbow injury
A 5-year-old girl presents with a painful elbow following a fall in the playground at school. She is distressed with …
Wrist injury
A 30-year-old male presents to your rural Emerg. Dept. with a painful and swollen right wrist after a fall.
Anterior knee dislocation
A 70-year-old woman presents with knee pain after a fall from standing height. She has a past history of type …
Acute compartment syndrome
A 25-year-old man presents following a motorbike crash with an obvious injury to his left leg. You suspect compartment syndrome.
Paediatric lateral condyle fracture
A child is brought in after an unwitnessed fall from monkey bars. She reports left elbow pain with swelling and …
Foot injury
A 20-year-old female is brought in by ambulance after a dirt bike accident. She has a painful and swollen right …
Paediatric distal radius fracture
You are the FACEM in charge working in an urban district mixed emergency department. An 8-year-old boy is brought in …
Septic arthritis and needlestick injury
A 32-year-old male presents with atraumatic unilateral knee pain and swelling.
Paediatric open tibial fracture
A 7-year-old boy is thrown from a horse and sustains isolated injuries to the left lower leg. An image and …
Wrist injury
A 38-year-old man presents with a painful left wrist after a fall on an outstretched hand. X-rays are provided.
Foot injury fall from height
A 24-year-old man presents after falling 3 metres onto his left foot at work. An X-ray of the foot is …
Hand injury
A 20-year-old man presents with a painful right hand after a night out. He cannot recall the mechanism of injury. …
High-energy tibial plateau fracture
A 28-year-old man presents with an isolated right leg injury after a motorbike accident. An X-ray is provided.
Missed Lisfranc injury complaint
You receive a complaint from a patient regarding a missed injury. The patient was discharged from the ED with a …
Arm injury
A 35-year-old man presents with a painful right arm after falling from a jet ski.
Hot swollen ankle
A 55-year-old man presents with acute atraumatic ankle pain and a low-grade fever.
Trimalleolar ankle fracture-dislocation
A 65-year-old woman presents after slipping on a wet floor and is unable to weight-bear on her left ankle. X-rays …
Shoulder dislocation
A 45-year-old man presents after a fall with an abnormal shoulder position. Clinical images and X-rays are provided.