Simon's Emergency Orthopedics (Book and DVD) / Edition 7

by Scott C. Sherman

Overview

The emergency physician's top reference for handling orthopedic injuries and disorders

A Doody's Core Title for 2017!

Written by and for emergency physicians, Emergency Orthopedics is the leading reference for handling all types of musculoskeletal emergencies. This heavily illustrated, full-color book focuses on radiographic diagnosis, acute management, and discharge of the patient with a pulled muscle, torn ligament, fracture, or other skeletal trauma. The format represents the ideal integration of text and images, allowing clinicians to actually see what they reading about. The concise text tells readers everything they need to know about the mechanisms of action along with recommended imaging studies, treatment guidelines, and possible complications.

• Companion DVD includes video clips of procedures and additional radiologic images
• Axioms throughout the text serve as rules by which the emergency physician should practice

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071819671
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date:	09/29/2014
Edition description:	List
Pages:	630
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.90(h) x 3.40(d)

About the Author

Scott C. Sherman, MD (Chicago, IL), Assistant Program Director, Cook County Health and Hospitals System, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rush Medical College.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: General Principles
Chapter 2: Anesthesia and Analgesia
Chapter 3: Rheumatologic Problems
Chapter 4: Compartment Syndrome
Chapter 5: Imaging Considerations
Chapter 6: Pediatric Issues
Chapter 7: Cervical Spine Injuries
Chapter 8: Thoracic Spine Injuries
Chapter 9: Lumbar Spine Injuries
Chapter 10: Sacral Injuries
Chapter 11: Hand Injuries
Chapter 12: Wrist Injuries
Chapter 13: Forearm Injuries
Chapter 14: Elbow Injuries

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Michael Paddock, DO, MS (Regions Hospital and Level 1 Trauma Center)
Description: Last updated in 2011, this is a detailed book on the management of orthopedic injuries for emergency physicians. The "Fracture Index" is retained in this edition, an innovative way to locate fracture management specifics by choosing from illustrations of each fracture. A DVD that accompanies the book contains more than 60 high-quality videos that demonstrate management procedures including anesthetic techniques and fracture/dislocation reduction techniques.
Purpose: This book meets the editor's goal to provide the full range of information including the mechanism of injury, management, associated injuries, and complications of specific injuries that emergency physicians encounter.
Audience: The intended audience is practicing "emergentologists" as the book defines them, fully practicing emergency physicians and resident emergency physicians.
Features: Topics include general orthopedic principles and management, spine injuries, fracture and soft tissue injuries to the upper extremities (hand to shoulder), and injuries to the lower extremities (pelvis to foot). Each chapter is begins with an anatomic introduction to the region (e.g., hand, wrist, ankle), followed by a discussion of region-specific physical examination, imaging techniques (radiographic interpretation), fracture patterns and soft tissue injuries. Each injury highlights the mechanism(s) of injury, physical examination points, specific imaging techniques, associated injuries, treatment specifics, and complications. This book uniquely identifies for emergency physicians the indications and proper techniques for injury reduction, specific splinting techniques, and when emergent surgical consultation is necessary. An appendix includes illustrations of specific splinting and immobilization techniques referenced in the book.
Assessment: This book is uniquely suited to aid emergency physicians in the acute management of orthopedic injuries. No other orthopedic resource is so successfully written with this audience in mind. The fracture index makes searching for management specifics quick and easy while working in a busy clinical setting.

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