Handbook of Emergency Orthopedics: A Clinical Textbook Covering Fractures, Dislocations, and Acute Musculoskeletal Trauma

The patient in Bay 4 has a swollen ankle, normal X-rays, and is about to be discharged with a sprain diagnosis — but nobody drew the alignment line.That missed Lisfranc injury will collapse into a permanent midfoot deformity while the patient follows up with a GP who never saw the original films.This handbook gives emergency clinicians the pattern recognition, classification knowledge, and procedural framework to get the diagnosis right the first time — before the window for correct management closes.INSIDE THIS BOOK:• The alignment line that prevents missed Lisfranc — draw it on every foot radiograph and identify the injury that is missed in 30% of initial presentations• Pulseless but pink versus pulseless and cold — the exact management decision tree for pediatric supracondylar fractures that determines whether a child keeps their arm• Delta pressure, not absolute pressure — why the hypotensive trauma patient develops compartment syndrome at numbers that look safe on paper• The posterior shoulder dislocation playbook — the lightbulb sign, the trough sign, and why the axillary view is non-negotiable every time• Kocher criteria applied correctly — stratify pediatric hip pain from 0.2% to 99.6% septic arthritis probability before a single needle is placed• Fasciotomy anatomy that prevents incomplete releases — why the deep posterior compartment of the leg is the one most commonly left elevated• Blood cultures before antibiotics, every time — the two-minute step that determines six weeks of targeted therapy versus empirical guessingThis book is written for emergency physicians, orthopedic residents, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and any clinician who manages acute musculoskeletal injuries under time pressure. Read more