CONTENTS:

PART 1 – COMMON ORTHOPAEDIC CONDITIONS AND THE MANAGEMENT OF TRAUMA

SECTION 1 – GENERAL ORTHOPAEDICS
1. Posture and Its Variations
2. Congenital and Developmental Disorders
3. Inflammatory Conditions
4. Chronic Joint Disease
5. Affections of the Nervous System
6. Metabolic Bone Disease
7. Bone Tumours

SECTION 2 – REGIONAL ORTHOPAEDICS
8. Common Affections of the Spine
9. Common Affections of the Shoulder and Upper Limb
10. Common Affections of the Hip and Lower Limb

SECTION 3 – TRAUMA
11. Introduction to Fractures
12. Methods of Immobilisation of Fractures
13. Common Fractures and Their Managament
14. Ligamentous Injuries, Dislocations and Fracture Dislocations
15. Peripheral Nerve Injuries
16. Hand Injuries
17. The Management of Minor Injury Procedures in the Casualty Department
18. Major Multiple Injuries

PART 2 – BASIC ORTHOPAEDIC NURSING TECHNIQUES AND REHABILITATION
19. Traction Methods and Plaster of Paris Techniques
20. The Operating Theatre
21. Common Orthopaedic Operations
22. The Positioning of Patients after Surgery and in the Management of Trauma
23. Surgical and Nursing Principles in the Management of Wound Healing
24. The Management of Pain in Orthopaedic Surgery and Trauma
25. Metabolic Response to Injury
26. The Nursing of Children and the Elderly
27. Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy
28. Radiography
29. Medical Social Work