Resuscitative Long-Bone Sonography for the Clinician: Usefulness and Pitfalls of Focused Clinical Ultrasound to Detect Long-Bone Fractures During Trauma Resuscitation

Femur Fracture Diagnosis and Management Aided by Point-of-Care Ultrasonography

We describe a point-of-care ultrasonography to facilitate diagnosis of a femur fracture in a 13-year-old adolescent boy. Rapid detection of the fracture, which was not possible by physical examination alone, permitted immediate stabilization of the leg with traction, rapid communication with orthopedic surgeons, and facilitated analgesic therapy before transport and movement to obtain radiographs.