Traumatology for the Emergency Doctor

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Contents
Part I: Generalities
	1: Definitions
	2: Bone Consolidation
		2.1	 General Considerations
		2.2	 Time Frame for Bone Healing (in Days)
		2.3	 Traditional Precepts
	3: Pain Control for Patients with Limb Injury in Emergency Settings
		3.1	 Pain Control Using Immobilization and Fixation
		3.2	 Analgesia and Pain Control Using Systemic Drug Administration
			3.2.1	 Systemic Administration of Sedative/Hypnotic Drugs
				3.2.1.1	 Benzodiazepines
				3.2.1.2	 Anti-histaminic Drugs
				3.2.1.3	 Barbiturates, Ketamine, and Propofol
			3.2.2	 Analgesics Through Systemic Route of Administration
				3.2.2.1	 Level 1: Paracetamol and NSAID’s
				3.2.2.2	 Level 2: Codeine, Tramadol, Nalbuphine
				3.2.2.3	 Level 3: Morphine and “Morphinic” Drugs for Anesthesia (Fentanyl, Sufentanyl)
		3.3	 Analgesia Using Inhalation of Nitrous Oxide
		3.4	 Analgesia Using Local or Loco-Regional Anesthesia
			3.4.1	 Local Topical Anesthesia
			3.4.2	 Local Troncular or Nerve Block Anesthes