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==Management== | ==Management== | ||
ATLS protocols if unstable | *ATLS protocols if unstable | ||
*Consider use of tourniquet | |||
*Can be an excellent adjunct to control bleeding | **Can be an excellent adjunct to control bleeding | ||
Tetanus | *Tetanus | ||
Antibiotics | *Antibiotics | ||
*Cefazolin 2g IV | **[[Cefazolin]] 2g IV | ||
*Consider adding Gentamycin | **Consider adding [[Gentamycin]] or [[Tobramycin]] | ||
Additional treatments depending on specific findings | *Additional treatments depending on specific findings | ||
==Disposition== | |||
*May require admission with trauma team with consultation from ortho and/or vascular surgery | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Compartment Syndrome]] | *[[Compartment Syndrome]] | ||
Revision as of 12:29, 13 September 2015
Background
- Can result in soft tissue, neurovascular, muscular, and ligamentous damage
Clinical Features
Limb salvage is based of several features (See calculator below):
- Age
- Severity of skeletal and soft tissue injury
- Severity of limb ischemia
- Duration of limb ischemia
- Severity of shock
Diagnosis
Workup
- ATLS
- X-rays
- Trauma labs with close attention to K, Creat, and CK
- Consider CTA or conventional angiography if evidence for vascular compromise
Management
- ATLS protocols if unstable
- Consider use of tourniquet
- Can be an excellent adjunct to control bleeding
- Tetanus
- Antibiotics
- Cefazolin 2g IV
- Consider adding Gentamycin or Tobramycin
- Additional treatments depending on specific findings
Disposition
- May require admission with trauma team with consultation from ortho and/or vascular surgery