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Orthopedics

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Follow Ups

For general orthopedic follow-ups:

  • 205-930-8339

Gardendale Orthopedic Clinic:

  • 205-631-3452

Children’s Hospital Fracture Clinic:

  • 205-638-9146

 

HED Immediate-Referral Clinic

Select HED patients may qualify to be discharged quickly to this orthopedic clinic instead of being worked up (eg. x-rays) in the ED setting. The clinic will try to see them within 30-60 mins of referral.

  • When: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 3:30pm

  • Phone: 205-612-6899 for direct APP phone (Do not give to patients). You must call the APP phone before referring a patient. They do not want unexpected “walk-ins”.

  • The patient must agree to be seen in the ortho clinic instead of the ED.

  • You must still perform a H&P and write a PowerNote.

  • Exclusion Criteria:

    • COVID-19 PUIs

    • Chronic Pain

    • Suspected fracture/dislocation requiring reduction

    • Laceration requiring sutures

  • Inclusion Criteria:

    • Spine

      • Cervical strains/sprains

      • Neck pain

    • Hand

      • Fractures or dislocations not requiring reduction

      • Wrist sprains

      • Hand swelling without cellulitis

      • Pain not requiring arthrocentesis

      • Numbness and tingling w/o cardiac or CNS etiology

      • Ganglion cysts to wrists/hands

      • Wrist tendonitis

      • Trigger fingers

    • Joints

      • Knee/Hip sprain or contusions

      • Knee swelling not requiring arthrocentesis

      • Shoulder pain without dislocation (rotator cuff pathology, biceps tendonitis, frozen shoulder, bursitis)

      • Nondisplaced proximal humerus fractures

      • Simple clavicle fractures

      • AC joint injuries (Grade I or II separations)

      • Simple scapular body fractures

      • Elbow fractures not requiring reduction (radial head fractures, coronoid process fractures)

      • Olecranon bursitis (not septic)

    • Foot and Ankle

      • Ankle sprains/strains

      • Simple foot/metatarsal fractures not requiring reduction

      • Ankle fractures not requiring reduction (simple medial malleolus or lateral malleolus fracture)

      • Achilles tendonitis

      • Plantar fasciitis 

    • Sports

      • Ligament pathology

KEYWORDS: ortho, fracture