The ABC of community emergency care. 9 Assessmnet and care of musculoskeletal problems

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 68-76

  FitzSimmons, Chris R ^a   Wardrope, J ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYGEN;

ANALGESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BREATHING EXERCISE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; JOINT DEGENERATION; JOINT DISLOCATION; JOINT SURGERY; KINESIOTHERAPY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; NECK PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; SPLINTING; TREATMENT INDICATION; COMMUNITY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; INJURY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

EID: 12344273693     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.021527     Document Type: Article

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