2 min reading · 10 min station · reminders at 2 min
2 min reading · 10 min station · reminders at 2 min
Instructions
You are a medical student on placement in the emergency department. Your next patient is Tayla Mabuza, 17, presenting with right wrist pain after a fall. Her wrist X-rays are below.
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Take a focused history
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Perform a wrist examination
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Outline to the examiner:
Your findings
Your interpretation of the X-rays
Your most likely diagnosis and differentials
Next steps in management, including relevant investigations
Wrist X-rays (three standard views)
No break is visible on these views. The bones are normally aligned. No other bony abnormality detected.
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Investigations
Examination
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