Question

A 30-year-old man sustains an ankle injury playing football. He is unable to bear weight immediately and at the Emergency Department. There is bony tenderness over the posterior edge of the lateral malleolus. According to the Ottawa Ankle Rules, what is the next most appropriate step?

Accepted Answer

Refer for an urgent ankle X-ray

Answer

Prescribe analgesia and advise RICE

Answer

Apply a below-knee cast

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Refer to physiotherapy

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Discharge with crutches

Practice question

A 30-year-old man sustains an ankle injury playing football. He is unable to bear weight immediately and at the Emergency Department. There is bony tenderness over the posterior edge of the lateral malleolus. According to the Ottawa Ankle Rules, what is the next most appropriate step?