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Musculoskeletal trauma care

This chapter provides an overview of the principles of care of the patient who has sustained a traumatic injury. It considers the physiology of trauma and trauma psychology. There is a focus on the general care of the injured patient, considering head, chest, and abdominal trauma in the patient who also has a musculoskeletal injury, as well as a section on Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS®). Further sections consider the principles of fracture healing and management, soft tissue and nerve injury, peripheral nerve injury, and crush injuries and traumatic amputation.