Standard teaching of dislocated ankles was always reduce then x-ray. However the 2016 BOAST guidelines stated “Reduction and splinting should be performed urgently for clinically deformed ankles. Radiographs should be obtained before reduction unless this will cause an unacceptable delay”. We aimed to audit our practice against the BOAST guidelines and look at time from attendance to reduction. We retrospectively reviewed all case notes of patients admitted via A&E at the Northern General Hospital with a fractured ankle between August 2016 and January 2017. Time of arrival, time to x-ray and time to reduction were recorded in a database for analysis.Introduction
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