RT Book, Section A1 Chiampas, George A1 Patton, Matthew S. A2 Sherman, Scott C. A2 Weber, Joseph M. A2 Schindlbeck, Michael A. A2 Rahul G., Patwari SR Print(0) ID 1101228985 T1 Upper Extremity Injuries T2 Clinical Emergency Medicine YR 2014 FD 2014 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-179460-2 LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101228985 RD 2024/03/29 AB When assessing a painful extremity, vascular compromise must be excluded first.A patient who has fallen on an outstretched hand and has tenderness in the anatomical snuffbox of the wrist and a negative radiograph should have a thumb spica splint placed until a scaphoid fracture is definitively excluded.Avoid nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs after fractures. These medications inhibit bone healing.In the upper extremity, compartment syndrome is most common in the forearm, especially after displaced supracondylar fractures in children.