Emergency Medicine

316 Orthopaedic Emergencies Further Reading McRae R, Esser M (2008) Practical Fracture Treatment, 5th edn. Churchill Livingstone ...

MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SOFT-TISSUE EMERGENCIES Section X ...

318 Musculoskeletal and Soft-tissue Emergencies SOFT-TISSUE INJURIES The so-called ‘minor injury’ is of major importance to the ...

SOFT-TISSUE INJURIES Musculoskeletal and Soft-tissue Emergencies 319 (b) 10 mL of a 2% solution again containing 200 mg lignocai ...

SOFT-TISSUE INJURIES 320 Musculoskeletal and Soft-tissue Emergencies (iii) Use the smallest practical suture size: (a) limb lace ...

SOFT-TISSUE INJURIES Musculoskeletal and Soft-tissue Emergencies 321 Tetanus prophylaxis DIAGNOSIS 1 Routine tetanus immunizatio ...

SOFT-TISSUE INJURIES 322 Musculoskeletal and Soft-tissue Emergencies (c) superficial wound obviously contaminated by soil, dust ...

SOFT-TISSUE INJURIES Musculoskeletal and Soft-tissue Emergencies 323 (c) give non-immune patients an initial dose of tetanus tox ...

SOFT-TISSUE INJURIES 324 Musculoskeletal and Soft-tissue Emergencies (iii) Always consider the possibility of a compartment synd ...

SOFT-TISSUE INJURIES Musculoskeletal and Soft-tissue Emergencies 325 MANAGEMENT 1 Refer all high-pressure gun injuries immediate ...

Non-articular Rheumatism 326 Musculoskeletal and Soft-tissue Emergencies 4 Deep palmar and web space infections (i) These cause ...

NON-ARTICULAR RHEUMATISM Musculoskeletal and Soft-tissue Emergencies 327 Conditions include: ● Torticollis (wry neck) ● Frozen s ...

NON-ARTICULAR RHEUMATISM 328 Musculoskeletal and Soft-tissue Emergencies 2 There is pain and loss of a ll movement from an adhes ...

NON-ARTICULAR RHEUMATISM Musculoskeletal and Soft-tissue Emergencies 329 2 Request X-ray which may show calcification in the sup ...

Back Pain 330 Musculoskeletal and Soft-tissue Emergencies 3 This condition may require surgical release of the tendon sheaths if ...

BACK PAIN Musculoskeletal and Soft-tissue Emergencies 331 ● Severe or atypical, non-traumatic back pain ● Mild to moderate, non- ...

BACK PAIN 332 Musculoskeletal and Soft-tissue Emergencies MANAGEMENT 1 Refer any patient with features of a central disc prolaps ...

Further Reading Musculoskeletal and Soft-tissue Emergencies 333 (iii) >60 years: (a) as (ii) above (b) osteoporosis (c) Paget ...

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PAEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES Section XI ...