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

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
Most review copies are eBooks – how fast!
A review copy request is most likely to be fulfilled as an eBook on VitalSource rather than a print product, unless no eBook is available. eBooks become available in as little as a few hours. Print products will take between 7 and 10 days to arrive. To request a print copy, please contact us through the Evolve Support Center for further assistance or contact your Education Solutions Consultant.
An Access Code
Important note
This is a Faculty Product!
Any student who attempts to request a review copy will be reported to the school's faculty and administration.

Newer Edition Available

4th Edition

Minor Injuries - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
ISBN: 9780702083884
    • 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
Most review copies are eBooks – how fast!
A review copy request is most likely to be fulfilled as an eBook on VitalSource rather than a print product, unless no eBook is available. eBooks become available in as little as a few hours. Print products will take between 7 and 10 days to arrive. To request a print copy, please contact us through the Evolve Support Center for further assistance or contact your Education Solutions Consultant.
An Access Code
Important note
This is a Faculty Product!
Any student who attempts to request a review copy will be reported to the school's faculty and administration.