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Ep 176 Orthopedic X-rays Master Class – Pitfalls in Obtaining and Interpreting MSK X-rays

Emergency Medicine Cases

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The Limits of the Ottawa Ankle Rules

The auto-anchor rules have nothing to do with how you examine an ankle. The Ottawa foot rules are for somebody who injures their ankle, has pain in their foot and needs a foot X-ray on top of their ankle X-ray. If you're worried enough about a patient that you're going to send them to a fracture clinic, take an X-ray," he says.

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