Ortho Notes: A Clinical Examination Pocket Guide (Kindle Edition)
June 16th, 2010
Product Description
“This handy pocket guide gives you the essential orthopedic information you need in class, clinical, and practice. The first tabbed section focuses on alerts and alarms, while the following 7 tabbed sections are organized by joint. Abundant illustrations galore for specific tests, palpation pearls, pain referral patterns, and trigger points. Each “joint” tab features subcategories for pathology across the lifespan, including: medical screening, imaging, mechanism of injury, ROM, strength and functional deficits, and special tests. The only non-joint tab, “Alerts/Alarms,” presents additional data from across the lifespan in charts and tables for patient management, medical conditions related to gender and age, vital signs, and abbreviations – Pages are waterproof and reusable so you can temporarily record clinical data; wipe them clean with alcohol; and use them again ”
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Dawn Gulick taught Ortho to my class and this book is the best. I only wish we had it at the begining of the class. Everything she taught us was included. It is a really good reference that actually fits in your pocket. I carry it with me at clinic as a reference. It is easy to use and just short of bullet proof. You can write in it and erase pen with an alcohol pad. I have spilled coffee on it without a scratch. My CI even found it useful because it jogged her momory on stuff she doesn’t really use that often.
I happened across this book a year ago and can’t believe how much I refer to this book. It is an excellent reference during exams and I find myself thumbing through it during down time. The pictures, quick easy exam tips, easy follow reading and layout are all just a few of the characteristics that I truly appreciate. I always am coming across something that is a wonderful review and or something that I was not aware of. I LOVE the differential diagnosis in each section. Another quality of this book is that the pages are sturdy and waterproof. I’m sure as often as I have carried this around with me over the past year, the pages would have been rather dog-eared if only of paper product.
This book follows suit with most of the other write-on wipe-off with alcohol medical type pocket reference books. I love that they actually fit in my scrub pockets, and that they are waterproof! As far as information, this book is perfect for someone like me. I work in an ortho-office and I’m also in nursing school. It really has clarified some things for me. I also recommend RN notes, Med Surg Notes, OB Notes, and Assess Notes. They are all top notch, and I just listed them in order from my most-favorite to my least favorite. (Assess notes is good, RN notes is FABULOUS. Ortho Notes comes right after Med Surg Notes in my ranks!)
Thanks for reading y’all!