OrthoNotes: Clinical Examination Pocket Guide [Paperback]

Dawn Gulick (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0803613504 | ISBN-13: 978-0803613508 | Publication Date: April 6, 2005 | Edition: 1st

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

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: F.A. Davis Company; 1st edition (April 6, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0803613504
• ISBN-13: 978-0803613508
• Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 3.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #270,548 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what we learned in class, June 26, 2005

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A. Patterson "Physical Therapist" (Chester, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: OrthoNotes: Clinical Examination Pocket Guide (Paperback)

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.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Always at my fingertips, December 19, 2007

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J. M. Pena (Kansas City, MO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: OrthoNotes: Clinical Examination Pocket Guide (Paperback)

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.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love these pocket books!, April 26, 2008

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Victoria C. Rogers "Wolfhoundlover" (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: OrthoNotes: Clinical Examination Pocket Guide (Paperback)

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!