xxi, 258 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
GENERAL NOTES
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Previous edition: 2008.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Emergency procedures --; Basic practical medical procedures --; Injection techniques --; Skin repair and minor plastic surgery --; Treatment of lumps and bumps --; Treatment of ano-rectal problems --; Foot problems --; Nail problems --; Common trauma --; Removal of foreign bodies --; Musculoskeletal medicine --; Orodental problems --; Ear, nose and throat --; The eyes --; Tips on treating children --; The skin --; Varicose veins --; Miscellaneous.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book contains tips for GPs and other medical practitioners drawn from John Murtagh's extensive experience in practice. It provides essential information and step-by-step instructions on how to deal with conditions encountered by GPs around the world. Topics covered include: musculoskeletal injections; wound management; principles for fractures; and tips on treating children. This book provides tried-and-tested approaches to treatment and improvisation methods, using convenient tools and readily available equipment to treat patients as effectively as possible. Written with the busy modern practitioner in mind, this edition describes techniques using common terminology to suit practitioners at all levels of experience. More than 450 detailed illustrations, including some new and many revised, supplement the text.