Bradley Managing Minor Musculoskeletal Injuries and Conditions

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-51282-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 392 Seiten, E-Book

Emergency care professionals are increasingly expected to workautonomously when caring for patients with minor musculoskeletalinjuries and conditions. They have to be able to competently andsafely take a patient's history, examine, diagnose andprovide management of these conditions. Managing MinorMusculoskeletal Injuries and Conditions pulls together allthese aspects of care into one practical, easy-to-read text.
Aimed principally at students undertaking minor injury andemergency care courses, this title is a comprehensive manual ofminor musculoskeletal injuries and conditions, highly illustratedthroughout and containing a variety of activities andexercises.
Key features:
* Includes material on study skills, distance and self-directedlearning to support both students on formal courses and thoseworking alone
* Extensive learning features, including a range of activities,hints and tips and multiple-choice questions
* Supported by a companion website with further self-assessment,downloadable X-ray PowerPoint slides, picture tutorials, practicehistory-taking documentation and legal scenarios
* Enables more effective management and care of patients withmusculoskeletal injuries

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bradley, David

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Dedication, iv
Acknowledgements, v
About the companion website, vi
Part 1 The background
1 How to use this book, 3
2 Taking a patient's history, 14
3 An introduction to examining your patient, 31
4 Patient documentation for minor injuries, 45
Part 2 The upper body
5 The neck, 59
6 The shoulder, 87
7 The elbow, 132
8 The wrist and hand, 169
Part 3 The lower body
9 The lower back and hip, 235
10 The knee and leg, 271
11 The ankle and foot, 327
Answers to multiple choice questions, 373
Index, 377

Über Autor(innen)

David Bradley was formerly a Senior Lecturer in Emergency Care at Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.