Musculoskeletal Injuries

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Among patients who are admitted into an emergency department, the highest rate of admissions accounts for musculoskeletal problems in every healthcare organization. Most of these problems are like sprains, bruises, and aches which will be self-limiting, requiring clinical diagnosis, and straightforward treatments. An emergency nurse should be able to assess problems that are rare but important to diagnose if life-threatening or limb-threatening problems are to be avoided. An emergency nurse must have an understanding and knowledge of the identification of extremity trauma that leads to life-threatening conditions, disability, or limb loss, standardization of care, knowledge of the principles and methods of fracture stabilization, and identification of any trauma to an extremity that needs immediate surgical intervention.

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