jefftherealmccoy
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Ok, I know this is probably beating a dead horse here, but let's see.
17/f ATV accident. pt has obvious femur fracture, elbow pain. no pain anywhere else until spine is palpated. pt has pain in lumbar region. pt says she has scoliosis and the pain is in the location of the curvature of her spine. some pain there is normal she says. we traction splint and decide away from backboard because of the scoliosis, and chances are it isn't due to the accident.
Surprise! she has a broken L1 along with the femur. with the curvature we probably did the right thing putting her in a possition of comfort, i'm pretty confident with that. but if it were a normal pt with "old" back pain, to board or not to board?
17/f ATV accident. pt has obvious femur fracture, elbow pain. no pain anywhere else until spine is palpated. pt has pain in lumbar region. pt says she has scoliosis and the pain is in the location of the curvature of her spine. some pain there is normal she says. we traction splint and decide away from backboard because of the scoliosis, and chances are it isn't due to the accident.
Surprise! she has a broken L1 along with the femur. with the curvature we probably did the right thing putting her in a possition of comfort, i'm pretty confident with that. but if it were a normal pt with "old" back pain, to board or not to board?