Orthopedic Sports Injuries in Children and Young Adults
It is another Saturday shift in the spring, and the call load has been steady. The calls have not been anything unexpected-chest pains, difficulty breathing, and fender benders. As you drive back from the hospital after dropping off your last patient, you are once again dispatched for a call. Dispatch advises you to respond to Field 4 at the local Little League for a patient who is complaining of severe lower leg pain. Dispatch also advises that the caller believes the patient has a broken leg.
Each year, more than 1.35 million youth experience a serious sports injury.1 Although concussive injuries represent a high percentage of these incidents, orthopedic injuries also occur with significant frequency and require appropriate recognition and treatment by emergency medical services (EMS) providers, especially when they occur in pediatric patients.
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