Triage & Classification

• Knees injuries can be categorised by:

  • duration and pathology of symptoms
  • acute - short lasting inflammation
  • chronic - long lasting degeneration
  • type of injury:
  • traumatic - sudden
  • non-traumatic - insidious/overuse
• Diagnostic triage:

  • Emergency:
  • fractures
  • comportment syndrome
  • Urgent care:
  • multi-ligament injury
  • meniscal root tear
  • Non-urgent care:
  • single ligament injury
  • acute meniscal tear