Extremity Injury Related to Snow Sports
Dr. Black and Dr. Baumgartner both presented on orthopaedic extremity injuries, lower and upper respectively. Presented were the correlations between specific injury types and being a snow sport athlete. Both doctors presented case reviews with 3D CT imaging pre/post surgery. Discussed considerations for populations on anticoagulant Rx and the open fracture. Discussed BLS interventions for pain management: splinting and moving an obvious deformity back into anatomical alignment. Discussed ALS pain management with respect to daily THC users and dosing appropriately for narcotics. Both Dr. Black and Dr. Baumgartner are with Summit Ortho Panorama based in Frisco, CO.
Target Audience
Arapahoe Basin Ski Patrol
Learning Objectives
Case review of orthopaedic injuries related to snow sports
BLS and ALS interventions for pain management.
Dr. Aaron Black, MD & Dr. Rita Baumgartner, MD
Summit Ortho Panorama, Frisco, CO
EMS Continuing Education approved by the State of Colorado through Centura Health Prehospital Services Training Center and group # CO 039 (SAH), #CO 040 (PSF) and #CO 065 (SDG).
Available Credit
- 0.75 Medical
- 0.75 NCCP-Medical: Pain Management
- 0.25 Operations
- 0.25 NCCP-Operations: At-Risk Populations