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Assessment and management of limb injuries in the pre-hospital environment

Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham, UK

I Greaves

British Army

K Porter

Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham, UK

Limb trauma is probably the commonest injury that a pre-hospital carer will encounter. In isolation it is rarely life threatening and it should be remembered that the care of the airway, breathing and circulation must taken precedence. Exceptionally a limb injury influences the care of the above, for example external blood loss from a injury that requires immediate haemorrhage control. Limb injuries may pose multiple problems to pre-hospital care personnel particularly with regard to immobilization, appropriate pain relief and subsequent safe painless extrication.

Key Words: limb injury • fractures • dislocation • analgesic • resuscitate

Trauma, Vol. 2, No. 3, 171-177 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/146040860000200301


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