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Musculoskeletal examination
Learning objectives 1. To understand a simple system for examining the musculoskeletal system. 2. To learn the specific features to be sought in each area of the body.Musculoskeletal examination works on a simple system originally designed by Apley. It consists of four-letter words divided into threes. The first stem is: look; feel; move. The secon..
Posted on 24 May 2009 | 8:44 am
Blast injuries
Mechanism of explosive blast injury The explosive pressure that accompanies the bursting of bombs or shells ruptures their casing and imparts a high velocity to the resulting fragments. These fragments have the potential to cause even more devastating injury to the tissues than bullets. They are unstable in flight and may tear through tissue at [....
Posted on 14 May 2009 | 2:28 pm
Warfare injuries
Introduction and epidemiology Penetrating missile wounds, injuries from blast phenomena and burns are the typical features of modern conventional war. This chapter is concerned only with missile wounds and blast injury. Missile wounds are caused by bullets or by fragments from exploding shells, mines or bombs. Exposure to blast phenomena may result..
Posted on 7 May 2009 | 12:58 pm
Audit and quality assurance
Injury severity scoring systems Statistical analysis of injury severity and the most effective means of managing injured patients is relatively recent and is slowly replacing anecdote and unfounded assumptions. An example is the GCS, to which reference has already been made. The most widely applied is the Revised Trauma Score (RTS). Data combined f..
Posted on 20 April 2009 | 6:03 pm
Multiple and mass casualties
In both major civil disasters and war, patient numbers may for a time exceed the capacity of medical teams to render normal care. Under these circumstances, it is necessary to sort casualties on the basis of need so that available resources and personnel can render the ‘most for the most’, to quote an American military [...]..
Posted on 19 April 2009 | 3:07 am