Pelvis X ray teaching
- introduce self
- check student's identity and level of experience
- ensure patient (if applicable) is safe in department
- set learning objectives
- structured system for looking at pelvic X rays
- Script for presenting X-ray - patient details, projection, date
- Pelvic ring, obturator foramen
- break in one place often accompanied by break in 2nd place
- Acetabulum
- Use iliopectineal line + roof of acetabulum
- Proximal femur - Shenton's line
- Joint spaces: sacroiliac joints, pubis symphysis
- Line of Klein (children)
- line projected from superior edge of femoral neck should intersect lateral superior femoral epiphysis
- asymmetry can indicate Slipped upper femoral epiphysis
- Soft tissue (bowel, skin, subcut)
- summarise
- elicit questions
- signpost to further learning material