The Effect of Season and Weather on Orthopaedic Trauma: Consult Volume Is Significantly Correlated with Daily Weather

Table 1

Number and type of consults over study period.

Consults	Number of consults
Total	4543
Inpatient	2874
Outpatient	1669
Trauma Activation	2055
Urgent/Emergent	503
Foot Fractures	693
Calcaneus	126
Ankle	524
Both Bone Forearm	57
Femur	374
Hip	269
Acetabulum	193
Pelvic Ring	294
Tibia	530
Pilon	59
Humerus	301
Distal Radius	291
Total Urgent/Emergent Consults	503
Open Fractures	382
Traumatic Arthrotomy	58
Septic Joints	50
Compartment Syndrome	13