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Neck of Femur Fractures; Roadside to Resus

The Resus Room

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Is There a Contraindication to Facially Active Component Blocks?

The facially active compartment blocks are done once the fracture has been confirmed. They seem to be being looked at, obviously, for the unconfirmed fracture and acophhemes. The first choice is whether or not we do an ultrasound or whether we do it with a blind to pop technique. If you're awesome with ultrasound, you will probably go for that technique. And if you can't find the machine, because another department has permanently borrowed it, you'll probably validate the idea of going for a landmark technique instead. But either approach seems pretty well validated.

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