The Effect of Triage-Based Application of the Ottawa Ankle and Foot Rules (OAR/OFR) on the Number of Radiographs Ordered: A Pilot Study

Authors

John V. Ashurst DO, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Stephanie DiGiambattista MD, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Thomas M. Nappe DO, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Avinash Kambhampati DO, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Sarfraz Alam, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Michele Ortiz RN, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Paul Delpais BSN, RN, CEN, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Bernadette Gl-Porter BS, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Anita Kurt PhD, RN, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Bryan G. Kane MD, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow

Publication/Presentation Date

4-8-2014

Comments

Copyright © Lehigh Valley Health Network

Published In/Presented At

Ashurst, J., Digiambattista, S., Nappe, T., Kambhampati, A., Alam, S., Ortiz, M., Delpais, P., Porter, B., Kurt, A., Kane, B., & Greenberg, M. (2014, April 7-9). The effect of triage-based application of the ottawa ankle and foot rules (OAR/OFR) on the number of radiographs ordered: A pilot study. Poster presented at: The PaACEP Scientific Assembly, Harrisburg, PA.

Disciplines

Emergency Medicine | Medical Specialties | Medicine and Health Sciences

Department(s)

Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine Faculty, Department of Emergency Medicine Residents

Document Type

Poster

Funder

Funding for this project was provided, in part, by the Dorothy Rider Health Care Trust Fund; a nonprofit community foundation unrestricted grant.