How to Diagnose an Ankle Fracture - Ottawa ankle rules - Dr Gill

How to Diagnose an Ankle Fracture - Ottawa ankle rules - Dr Gill

You've rolled your ankle, is it a sprain, or perhaps more seriously a fracture. Previously the only way to determine this was to get an x-ray, which resulted in a huge number of patients going to the radiology department after attending A&E for an ankle injury.

The Ottawa Rules give us a way of determining who more likely does need an x-ray and who more likely has simply strained their ankle

In this video will go over the Ottawa ankle rules to help diagnose fractured ankles, a useful triage tour in sports medicine, expedition medicine, the A&E department, GP land, heck for anybody who owns ankles!!!

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction and Context of Ankle Injuries
00:49 - Overview of Ottawa Ankle Rules
01:08 - Purpose of Ottawa Ankle Rules
03:38 - Step 1: Can the Patient Weight Bear?
04:26 - Step 2: Examining for Bone Tenderness
06:38 - Criteria for X-ray Decision
07:26 - Effectiveness of the Ottawa Ankle Rules
09:11 - Final Thoughts