Emergency Management of the Hand Injuries

Part 1: General Considerations. 1.: Introduction. 2.: Abbreviations. 3.: Anatomy. 4.: Assessment. 5.: Surgery, splints, dressings. 6.: Local anaesthetic techniques. Part 2: Soft Tissue Injuries. 7.: Nailbed injuries. 8.: Gamekeeper's thumb. 9.: Glass injury. 10.: Simple laceration. 11.: Major laceration and crush injuries. 12.: Ring avulsion injury. 13.: High pressure injections. 14.: Burns - thermal. 15.: Burns - chemical. 16.: Burns - electrical. 17.: Frostbite. 18.: Skin loss. 19.: Amputations (replants). 21.: Foreign bodies. Part 3: Tendon and Nerve Injuries. 22.: Flexor tendons. 23.: Extensor tendon (1 Mallet). 24.: Extensor tendon (2 Boutonniere). 25.: Extensor tendon (3 MP joint). 26.: Extensor tendon (4 hand and wrist). 27.: Nerve injury. Part 4: Injuries to Bones and Joints. 28.: Fall on outstretched hand. 29.: Scaphoid fracture. 30.: Lunate dislocation and scapholunate dissociation. 31.: Bennett's fracture. 32.: Fracture MC shaft/base. 33.: Fracture neck 5th MC. 34.: Phalangeal fractures. 35.: IP joint dislocation. 36.: PIPJ swelling (volar plate injury). 37.: Ephiphyseal injuries - (children). Part 5: Infections. 38.: Paronychia. 39.: Pulp space infection (felon). 40.: Cellulitis. 41.: Bite wounds. 42.: Septic arthritis. 44.: Web space abcess. 45.: Palmar space infection. Part 6: Patient Transfer. Index