Fracture Management for Primary Care : Expert Consult - Online and Print

By Patrice M. Eiff, M. Patrice Eiff, M. Patrice Eiff MD

Book Overview

Fracture Management for Primary Care provides the guidance you need to evaluate and treat common fractures, as well as identify uncommon fractures that should be referred to a specialist. Drs. M. Patrice Eiff and Robert Hatch emphasize the current best guidelines for imaging and treating fractures so that you can make accurate identifications and select appropriate treatment. Detailed descriptions and illustrations combined with evidence-based coverage give you the confidence you need to make the right decisions. Online access to procedural videos and patient handouts at expertconsult.com make this quick, practical resource even more convenient for primary care clinicians who manage fractures.

Access the information you need, the way you need it with a template format for presenting each type of fracture.

Diagnose fractures accurately with the many high-quality images.

Clearly see the anatomic relationships of bones and joints through schematic illustrations.

Reference key information quickly and easily thanks to one-page management tables that summarize pertinent aspects of diagnosis and treatment.

Treat displaced fractures using detailed, step-by-step descriptions of the most common reduction techniques. Access the fully searchable text online at expertconsult.com, along with video clips of reduction maneuvers and downloadable patient education and rehabilitation instruction handouts.

Accurately identify fractures using optimal imaging guidelines.

Apply splints and casts with confidence thanks to detailed descriptions and illustrations of technique.

Tap into the latest best practices through more evidence-based coverage and updated references.

Effectively manage emergency situations using guidelines for emergent referral, greater detail regarding methods for closed reductions for fractures and dislocations, and more.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 143770428X
• ISBN13: 9781437704280
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 7.3" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Great Reference Book

Very easy to use, concise advice on the most common fractures. Not a definitive ortho text, but does exactly what the title indicates. Worth the price for anyone in primary care or urgent care environments.

Awesome Book!

Again, this is an essential book, especially for the Family Practitioner just starting out. I have just graduated residency and am working alone at an Urgent Care Center, and I use this book almost every shift! Gives good, clear advice for managing the most common fractures encountered, and when (and more importantly, how quickly) to refer to ortho! Love It, worth every penny!

The BEST Ortho Reference Out There

I'm a family doctor, and I do alot of work in injury clinics and rural areas. This book is without doubt the most essential for my practice. It is concise, tells you what to look for, what to do in the acute setting, how to manage long term, and when to refer. I cannot praise this book enough. Dr. Eiff - Thanks so much for this jewel.

Fracture Management for Primary Care: 2nd Edition

As a fairly new Nurse Practitioner, I have found this book to be one of my most frequently used resources. It reviews terminology that is needed for communicating with the orthopedic specialists, as well as reviewing the anatomy and physiology of the most common fractures. The radiology pictures/x-rays are excellent for comparison and learning. I would like to see the authors incorporate highlighting or marking the x-ray examples so the novice knows exactly what they are looking at. Not all the samples are clear to the untrained eye. I highly recommend this book!

excellent organization, concise yet complete

I bought it at a sports medicine conference where all the major publishers had similar titles, and this was was the best. This one has a great "break"down of what you need to know, to refer, to treat, to watch for. Best bang for your buck especially if you have another text to complement it.