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.
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.
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
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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.
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