Physical Exam for Motor Vehicle Injuries

This 20 hour course will focus on history, examination and diagnosis of injuries commonly seen in motor vehicle collisions. You will learn how to take a complete history to establish injuries and causation, how to perform a proper orthopedic/neurologic examination, and how to diagnose precisely which ligaments, discs, muscles, and nerves have been injured.

• -Conduct a comprehensive patient history for motor vehicle collision (MVC) injuries, including mechanism of injury, symptom onset, and causation factors
• -Perform systematic orthopedic and neurologic examinations specific to MVC trauma patterns
• -Identify and differentiate injuries to cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine structures
• -Recognize ligamentous injuries, disc pathology, muscular damage, and nerve involvement through clinical examination
• -Correlate clinical findings with appropriate imaging and diagnostic techniques
• -Document examination findings clearly for medical records and potential legal proceedings
• -Develop evidence-based treatment and management plans based on diagnostic findings