Acute pain management
Open fractures require immediate IV antibiotics and urgent surgical washout
Neurovascular compromise from fracture requires emergent reduction and/or orthopedic intervention
Consider risk for compartment syndrome
Ortho consult in the ED
Elderly patient with comminution, multiple fractures, or poor bone might be candidates for hemiarthroplasty
Improved outcomes if surgery within 14 days
Sling and swathe splint, or coaptation splint
Proximal humerus fracture
Adult
Scaphoid fracture
Proximal
Humerus fracture
Shaft
Scapular fracture
Distal