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cover image - Minor Injuries - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource,3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780702066740
Copyright: 2017
Publication Date: 10-07-2016
Page Count: 320
Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
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Minor Injuries - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 3rd Edition

by Dennis Purcell, MA, RGN

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Minor Injuries - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource,3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780702066740
Copyright: 2017
Publication Date: 10-07-2016
Page Count: 320
Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
List Price: $38.99
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A highly successful volume which explores the nurse-led management of minor injuries complete with online training videos. The latest edition reflects the difference in approach between midline injuries and limb injuries, explores the differences between the management of children and adults, and presents key information on X-ray interpretation.

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    • Describes working methods which are robust, flexible and swift
    • Explains the classification of musculoskeletal injuries and use of current investigative techniques
    • Explains normal limb movement to contextualize abnormal presentation
    • More than 150 illustrations help clarify sometimes complex anatomical and clinical information
    • Explains the importance of accurate record keeping, including reference to current law
    • Discusses the management of trauma in children and adolescents with special reference to consent and confidentiality, non-accidental injury, communication, analgesia, and sports injuries
    • Chapter on wound care, including burns, describes wound assessment, exploration, infection, treatment and complications
    • Explains the management of minor head injuries, including clinical examination, the use of imaging techniques, cranial nerve assessment, and discharge advice
    • Chapter on facial trauma includes damage to the eye, ENT problems such as foreign bodies, and tooth avulsion
    • Accompanying website contains 77 videos showing the techniques described in the book and a fully downloadable image bank to aid personal study
      • Contains new information on X-ray interpretation
      • Re-organized to reflect the difference in approach between midline injuries and limb injuries
      • Explains the differences in the management of children and adults
      • Differentiates between the different categories of older people - the active and fit retiree and the frail older person
  • Part 1 General issues

    1 Minor injuries: an overview

    2 Clinical examination and the written record

    3 X-rays and the non-medical referrer

    Part 2 Limb injuries

    4 Basics of musculoskeletal injury

    5 Basics of musculoskeletal examination

    6 The shoulder

    7 The elbow

    8 The forearm, wrist and hand

    9 The pelvis and hip

    10 The knee

    11 The lower leg

    Part 3 Midline injuries

    12 Minor head injuries

    13 The face, the eye and ENT

    14 The spine

    15 The chest

    Part 4 Wounds and burns

    16 Wounds and burns

    References

    Bibliography

  • Dennis Purcell, MA, RGN, Minor Injuries Nurse Educator, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK
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