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Neck of Femur Fractures; Roadside to Resus

The Resus Room

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The Cardinal Signs of a Broken Neck of Femur

The main cardinal signs that you'll see in these patients are pain obviously because it's quite painful. The inability to weight bear a decreased or painful mobility of the hip and there may be some deformity. But what we're most interested in I think is about our assessment. So how are we going to know whether this patient's got a fractured neck of femur and how are they going to present?

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