CRACKCast E054 - MSK Back Pain - a podcast by The CanadiEM.org Team

from 2016-12-19T13:00

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This episode covers Chapter 54 of Rosen’s Emergency Medicine.

1) Describe the myotomes and dermatomes L3-S1

2) List 4 Red Flag Diagnoses with associated RFs, Hx, PEX findings

3) Describe SLR, crossed-SLR, flip-test, reverse SLR and their implications

4) List 5 indications for Xray in low back pain

5) Discuss the discrimination of functional from organic back pain

6) Describe the management of:

a. Fracture

b. Cauda Equina Syndrome

c. Spinal Infection

d. Vertebral Malignancy

e. Simple Radiculopathy

7) List 8 DDx for Thoracic back pain

Wisecracks:
Backpain treatment cocktails?
When to order the CT scan?
How to estimate the amount of post-void residual volume with ultrasound?