BookDaniel Purcell, Sneha A. Chinai, Brandon R. Allen, Moira Davenport, editors.
Summary: This handbook provides a comprehensive, yet succinct guide to the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of various musculoskeletal/extremity disorders in the emergency department. It covers a wide variety of common patient presentations, advanced imaging interpretation, proper anesthetic implementation, and associated extremity reduction/immobilization techniques. Richly illustrated, it assists clinical decision making with high-yield facts, essential figures, and step-by-step procedural instruction. Emergency Orthopedics Handbook is an indispensable resource for all medical professionals that manage emergent orthopedic, musculoskeletal, and local extremity injury care.
Contents:
Key motor and sensory exam
Anesthesia
Acute compartment syndrome
Joint arthrocentesis
Dislocation(s)/Reduction(s)
Immobilization
Distal radius
Wrist
The hand