Difference between revisions of "American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons"

[[File:AAOS Logo.jpg|400px|thumb|right|''"Bones.  We Like Bones."'']]

The '''American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons''' (or '''AAOS''') is a professional organization founded in 1933 for the medical education of orthopods.  Continuing medical education activities focus on fixing, counting, throwing, juggling, or burying bones.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/09/bones/ Bones: An Orthopedic Surgeon’s Perspective]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/01/femur-stethoscope/ Orthopod Caught Listening to Femur with Stethoscope]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/01/stethoscope-external-fixator/ Ortho Stabilizes Stethoscope with External Fixator]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/12/orthopod-drum-kit-femurs/ Orthopod Uses Patient’s Femurs to Play the Drums]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/11/ortho-broken-wishbone/ Ortho Consulted to Repair Broken Wishbone]</ref>  Ripping phone books in half is also a favorite pastime.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/03/orthopedic-applicant/ Orthopedic Applicant Tears Phonebook in Half to Seal Interview]</ref>

To consult the [[Society of Hospital Medicine]] for medical management, to use [[Ancef (Cefazolin)|Ancef]] liberally<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/01/orthopod-auscultates-ancef-pump/ Orthopod Caught Auscultating Ancef Pump]</ref>, to explain diastolic heart failure really good.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/06/orthopedic-surgeon-diastolic-heart-failure/ An Orthopedic Surgeon Explains: Diastolic Heart Failure]</ref>, and to write notes without words.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/12/soap-note/ Ortho Writes Perfect SOAP Note, First No-Worder This Year]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/09/orthopaedics-progress-notes/ Orthopaedics to Begin to Use Emojis in Progress Notes]</ref>

Please be kind and help your fellow orthopod next time you spot them stuck in a hot van or in a snowbank.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/06/hot-van/ Unattended Orthopedic Surgeon Left in Hot Van]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/01/orthopedic-surgeon-snowbank/ Oh No! Orthopedic Surgeon Got Plowed into a Snowbank]</ref>  Do not confuse them with arthropods.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/02/the-difference-between-an-arthropod-and-an-orthopod/ The Difference Between Arthropods & Orthopods]</ref> If you see an orthopod that is [[SOB]], that is by definition [[Orthopnea|orthopnea]]. And don't forget to say thank you by buying them some pina coladas.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/01/pina-coladas/ Ortho Likes Pina Coladas, Getting Caught in the Rain]</ref>