ISBN:
9780702083860
Copyright:
2023
Publication Date:
12-12-2022
Page Count:
316
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$56.99
Minor Injuries, 4th Edition
by Dennis Purcell, MA, RGN
Paperback
ISBN:
9780702083860
Copyright:
2023
Publication Date:
12-12-2022
Page Count:
316
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$56.99
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Evolve Resources for Minor InjuriesResources
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- Simple and accessible – takes you through the body step by step
- Beautifully illustrated, now with more images (many based on the author’s own designs)
- Diagrams highlight anatomy, types of injuries, techniques such as suture, photos of examination procedures, and X-rays
- 11 videos showing examination of all limb joints, the cranial nerves, chest, neck and back
- Aligned with current NICE and SIGN guidelines
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- New figures illustrating cranial nerve examination and other areas
- New case studies for each chapter on limb examination, helping readers from examination through to diagnosis and note taking
- New material on changes to the laws on X-ray requesting and on tetanus vaccination
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Part 1: First principles
1. Minor injuries: an overview
2 Clinical examination and the written record
3. X-rays and the emergency nurse practitioner as 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
Index