Manual of Splinting and Casting

Stephen R. Thompson, Dan A. Zlotolow (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2023 | 2nd edition
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division (Verlag)
978-0-323-87829-6 (ISBN)

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Now in vibrant full color, Manual of Splinting and Casting, 2nd Edition, provides highly visual, step-by-step instructions on the most common, need-to-know techniques for initial orthopaedic injury management. This practical point-of-care reference uses a highly templated format with hundreds of illustrations and photographs so you can quickly grasp exactly how to perform each technique. It's an ideal resource for orthopaedic and sports medicine residents, nurses, medical students, emergency physicians, and orthopaedic technologists-anyone who needs a concise, easy-to-follow guide to splinting and casting at the point of care.

Presents each technique in a highly templated format using bulleted steps and illustrations that show each crucial step.

Features "how-to clinical photographs and decision-making and treatment algorithms throughout.

Contains fully updated content and new techniques in sections covering Orthopaedic Analgesia, Reduction Maneuvers, Splints and Casts, and Traction Maneuvers.

An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.

Stephen R. Thompson, MD, MEd, FRCSC is a sports medicine orthopaedic surgeon at Northern Light Orthopedics. He completed his medical school at the University of Sydney, Residency at University of Maryland and Fellowship at the Fowler-Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic in London, Ontario and then his second at the Oakville Sports Injury Clinic in Oakville, Ontario. Dr. Thompson is a recognized expert in sports medicine. He is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the widely used and highly respected reference textbook DeLee and Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. Dr. Thompson has spent a significant time studying medical education and standardized testing. He has applied this knowledge in his role as the Editor-in-Chief of Miller's Review of Orthopaedics. Dan A. Zlotolow, M.D., is a board-certified orthopaedic hand surgeon for Shriners Hospitals for Children - Philadelphia. Dr. Zlotolow's specialties include care for brachial plexus, peripheral nerve injuries, spinal cord injury upper limb reconstruction, congenital differences of the upper limb, arthrogryposis and acute flaccid myelitis. Dr. Zlotolow is a contributing member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand and past president of the Manus Club. He is also an associate professor of orthopaedic surgery at Temple University School of Medicine and a visiting professor at the Hospital for Special Surgery.

1 Basic Principles of Analgesia
2 Hematoma Block
3 Elbow Block
4 Wrist Block
5 Digital Block
6 Ankle Block
7 Intra-articular Ankle Block
8 Basic Principles of Reduction Maneuvers
9 Shoulder and Elbow Reduction
10 Forearm, Wrist, and Hand Reduction
11 Pelvis and Lower Extremity Reduction
12 Basics of Splinting and Casting
13 Upper Extremity Splints and Casts
14 Lower Extremity Splints and Casts
15 Femoral Skeletal Traction
16 Tibial Skeletal Traction
17 Calcaneal Skeletal Traction
18 Cervical Spine Traction with Gardner Wells Tongs
INDEX

Erscheinungsdatum	03.08.2023
Verlagsort	Philadelphia
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	520 g
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie ► Unfallchirurgie / Orthopädie
ISBN-10	0-323-87829-6 / 0323878296
ISBN-13	978-0-323-87829-6 / 9780323878296
Zustand	Neuware