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Musculoskeletal examination - 262 days ago

Learning objectives1. 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...
Topics: examination, Musculoskeletal, Musculoskeletal Disorder

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Blast injuries - 272 days ago

Mechanism of explosive blast injuryThe 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...
Topics: Blast injuries, Warfare Injuries

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Prehospital retrieval and management - 311 days ago

The aim should be for rapid and smooth transfer of patients from the scene of the accident to a hospital that is well equipped and adequately staffed, with trained personnel to deal quickly and efficiently with all of the injuries encountered.A ‘scoop..
Topics: Accident and emergency, intravenous fluid

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Mechanisms of injury - 334 days ago

By convention, injury is classified into several categories —these are listed below.Types of injury•  Penetrating• Nonpenetrating blunt• Blast overpressure• Thermal• Chemical• Other, including crush and barotraumaIn this chapter discussion.
Topics: Accident and emergency, Injury, Mechanisms

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Lymphangiomas - 336 days ago

Lymphangioma circumscriptumThis involves superficial proliferation of capillary sized lymphatic vessels which comprise fluid-filled vesicles on the surface and larger cisternae in the subcutaneous tissues and even adjacent muscles. These clear or...
Topics: circumscriptum, Cystic hygroma, Lymphangioma, The Lymphatic System

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