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Extremity trauma

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Abstract

The objectives of this chapter are for members of the trauma team to understand:

  • the importance of different mechanisms of injury;

  • the importance of pre-hospital information;

  • the causes of life- and limb-threatening injury;

  • the assessment of the patient with a skeletal injury;

  • the management of the patient with a skeletal injury.

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Authors
  1. Peter Driscoll
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  2. Carl Gwinnutt
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  3. Simon Brook
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. University Department of Emergency Medicine, Hope Hospital, Manchester, UK

    Peter A. Driscoll BSc FRCS (ATLS Instructor; Senior Lecturer in Emergency Medicine) & Olive Goodall RGN (Clinical Nurse Manager in Emergency Medicine) (ATLS Instructor; Senior Lecturer in Emergency Medicine) &  (Clinical Nurse Manager in Emergency Medicine)

  2. Hope Hospital, Manchester, UK

    Carl L. Gwinnutt MB BS FRCA (ATLS Instructor; Consultant Anaesthetist) (ATLS Instructor; Consultant Anaesthetist)

  3. Oregon, USA

    Cindy LeDuc Jimmerson RN CEN (Trauma System Design Consultant) (Trauma System Design Consultant)

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© 1993 P.A. Driscoll, C.L. Gwinnutt, C. LeDuc Jimmerson, O. Goodall

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Driscoll, P., Gwinnutt, C., Brook, S. (1993). Extremity trauma. In: Driscoll, P.A., Gwinnutt, C.L., Jimmerson, C.L., Goodall, O. (eds) Trauma Resuscitation. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12158-8_10

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