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Managing boxer’s fracture: A literature review

01 September 2013

Emergency Nurse

Art & Science

Boxer’s fractures are commonly seen in emergency departments (EDs) but how these injuries are managed varies widely. This article reports on the results of a...

Essential practice in casting

01 May 2009

Emergency Nurse

Feature

Musculoskeletal injury including fracture is among the most common reasons for presentations at emergency departments. This article introduces a short series on how...

Scaphoid fracture: diagnosis and management

09 July 2009

Emergency Nurse

Feature

Nurses working in first-contact settings commonly assess and manage patients with suspected or actual injury to the scaphoid bone. In this article, lack of consensus...

Casting: above-elbow back slabs

09 July 2009

Emergency Nurse

Feature

This article continues a short series of articles on how to apply casts. It examines how above-elbow back slabs should be applied following fracture of the forearm,...

Casting: below-elbow back slabs

03 September 2009

Emergency Nurse

Feature

This article continues a short series of articles on how to apply casts. It examines how below-elbow back slabs should be applied following fracture of the distal...

Casting: U-slabs

06 October 2009

Emergency Nurse

Feature

This article continues a short series of articles on how to apply casts. It examines how U-slabs should be applied following fracture of the shaft of the humerus.

Taking control of osteoporosis to cut down on risk of fracture

01 April 2011

Nursing Older People

Feature

This article examines osteoporosis, other risk factors for future fracture and different management approaches. The past few years have seen advances in osteoporosis...

Managing acute shoulder injuries in the emergency department

01 October 2014

Emergency Nurse

Art & Science

Patients with shoulder injuries commonly present to emergency departments (EDs) and minor injury units and it is vital that they receive the same high standard of...

Boxer’s fracture: management and outcomes

10 July 2015

Emergency Nurse

Art & Science

Boxer’s fractures are common hand injuries, but their management varies greatly. Two years ago, a boxer’s fracture care pathway was developed for use in the Royal...

Comparison of splinting and casting in the management of torus fracture

05 February 2014

Emergency Nurse

Art & Science

Torus, or buckle, fractures are unique to, and common in, children, but their treatment varies by hospital protocol and practitioners’ preference. This article...

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