Tibial Shaft Fractures · Ortho Skills (Real Life)

Q-17 · Tibial Shaft Fractures · trauma · A–E keys

You are handing off a closed high-energy tibial shaft fracture scheduled for nailing in the morning. Which line belongs in the sign-out every time?

• A.Compartment exams — times, pain with stretch, and that pulselessness is not the early finding
• B.Hold all analgesia so the patient can “declare”
• C.Start the nail without discussing open-fracture status — the skin looks fine from the door
• D.Accept any alignment because IM nails correct rotation automatically