Description
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.
Table of Contents
1 Basic Principles of Analgesia2 Hematoma Block 3 Elbow Block 4 Wrist Block 5 Digital Block 6 Ankle Block7 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
