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Emergency Orthopedics Handbook

  • Provides real clinical solutions for emergency care providers that manage emergent orthopedic, musculoskeletal, and local extremity injury complaints

  • Includes more than 300 high-quality clinical photographs and illustrations

  • Discusses advanced imaging interpretation, safe and effective anesthetic implementation, and associated extremity reduction/immobilization techniques

  • Aids clinical decision making with high-yield facts, essential figures, and step-by-step procedural instruction

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Key Motor and Sensory Exam

    • Eric M. Steinberg, Salvador Forte, Bryan A. Terry, Daniel Purcell
    Pages 1-39
  3. Anesthesia

    • Daniel Purcell, Eric M. Steinberg, Bryan A. Terry
    Pages 41-77
  4. Acute Compartment Syndrome

    • Daniel Purcell, Bryan A. Terry, Brian R. Sharp
    Pages 79-85
  5. Joint Arthrocentesis

    • Daniel Purcell, Bryan A. Terry, Brian R. Sharp
    Pages 87-104
  6. Dislocation(s)/Reduction(s)

    • Daniel Purcell, Bryan A. Terry, Brandon R. Allen
    Pages 105-155
  7. Immobilization

    • Sneha A. Chinai, Laura Walker, Matthew R. Rebesco, Bryan A. Terry, Daniel Purcell
    Pages 157-210
  8. Distal Radius

    • Daniel Purcell, Bryan A. Terry
    Pages 211-234
  9. Wrist

    • Daniel Purcell, Bryan A. Terry
    Pages 235-272
  10. The Hand

    • Daniel Purcell, Justin Chapman, Bryan A. Terry
    Pages 273-324
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 325-331

About this book

This handbook provides a comprehensive, yet succinct guide to the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of various musculoskeletal/extremity disorders in the emergency department. It covers a wide variety of common patient presentations, advanced imaging interpretation, proper anesthetic implementation, and associated extremity reduction/immobilization techniques. Richly illustrated, it assists clinical decision making with high-yield facts, essential figures, and step-by-step procedural instruction. Emergency Orthopedics Handbook is an indispensable resource for all medical professionals that manage emergent orthopedic, musculoskeletal, and local extremity injury care.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Emergency Department, New York University Langone Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA

    Daniel Purcell

  • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worchester, USA

    Sneha A. Chinai

  • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida, Newberry, USA

    Brandon R. Allen

  • Allegheny General Hospital, Temple University, Pittsburgh, USA

    Moira Davenport

About the editors

Daniel Purcell, MDEmergency Department 
NYU Langone Brooklyn
New York, NY, USA


Sneha A. Chinai, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine    
University of Massachusetts Medical School    
Worcester, MA, USA


Brandon R. Allen, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL, USA


Moira Davenport, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
Allegheny General Hospital
Temple University School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Emergency Orthopedics Handbook

  • Editors: Daniel Purcell, Sneha A. Chinai, Brandon R. Allen, Moira Davenport

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00707-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-00706-5Published: 13 April 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-00707-2Published: 04 April 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 331

  • Number of Illustrations: 42 b/w illustrations, 225 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Emergency Medicine, Orthopedics

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 89.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 119.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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