cover image - Minor Injuries - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 4th Edition
ISBN: 9780702083884
Copyright: 2023
Publication Date: 10-31-2022
Page Count: 316
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $47.99

Minor Injuries - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 4th Edition

by Dennis Purcell, MA, RGN

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Minor Injuries - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 4th Edition
ISBN: 9780702083884
Copyright: 2023
Publication Date: 10-31-2022
Page Count: 316
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $47.99
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As nurses and other healthcare professionals become increasingly responsible for triage, assessment and treatment of minor injuries, this comprehensive training manual offers clear, reliable and up-to-date guidance for all those working in this rapidly changing field.

The first text of its kind, written by former nurse practitioner Dennis Purcell, Minor Injuries has been fully revised in its fourth edition and reorganized into a more logical structure. It provides easy-to-follow guidance on all common presentations occurring in children, adults and older patients, taking the reader through each region of the body and providing core anatomy and examination principles to support treatment decisions.

This popular text is richly illustrated throughout and will be indispensable for trainees undertaking minor injuries courses as well as practising nurses, emergency nurse practitioners, paramedics and advanced practitioners working in standalone minor injury units.
    • 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
  • 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
  • Dennis Purcell, MA, RGN, Minor Injuries Nurse Educator, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK
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