
4. Snuffbox of Doom- Scaphoid fractures
Emergency Medicine Board Bombs
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Skateboard Injuries
When you're moving that wrist to the ulnar side and pronating it, you're really isolating that skateboard for view because it's kind of hidden in there. And that's why it's the best, you know, sensitive and specific sign for that fracture. The treatment for this is what then? So it's controversial, but for the board test, it's going to be a thumb spike a splint. But based on the physical exam finding, you need to know to place that patient in a thumb spike. Dr. John Cevallos: "I'm doing it right now as I'm talking to you"
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