Musculo-skeletal Problems in Emergency Medicine provides guidelines on the history taking and examination of patients with musculo-skeletal problems. The book starts by explaining the pathology of musculo-skele tal injuries, describing the wide range of non-traumatic musculo-skele tal problems encountered in the emergency room. Each section of the bo dy is then dealt with in detail, with advice given on the management o f specific patient presentations. Throughout, emphasis is placed on th e diagnosis of traumatic and non-traumatic injuries, and detailed guid ance provided on their initial...

This new edition provides practical and authoritative information on a ll aspects of wound and burn care, taking the reader from initial asse ssment to the treatment of specific injuries. The care and legal aspec ts of life-threatening wounds are discussed, as well as anesthesia, su rgical techniques, and infection in injuries to the hand, face, neck, chest and abdomen. Throughout, the authors present the guidelines conc isely, with detailed advice on anatomy, medication, and treatment tech niques, providing an invaluable source for junior doctors and nurses i n ambulances and in the...