FOOSH - Fall On Out Stretched Hand

Rebecca's eye is beginning to blacken
from the fall on her glasses.  Oher minor
injuries are occurring as well:-
scratches on her back, knee and left arm,
pulled muscles, too much to document!
pulled muscles, 

My friend, Ria Meronek, sends Rebecca some information her break.

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Chauffeur fractures (also known as Hutchinson fractures or backfire fractures) are intra-articular fractures of the radial styloid process. These injuries are sustained either from direct trauma typically a blow to the back of the wrist or from forced dorsiflexion and abduction.

The former accounts for its name; trying to start an old-fashioned car with a hand crank sometimes resulted in the crank rapidly spinning backward (backfire) out of the driver's grasp and striking the back of the wrist.

As well, a FOOSH injury is short for Falling On the Out Stretch Hand.

Ria