An introduction to orthopaedic and trauma care / Julie Santy-Tomlinson, Sonya Clarke and Mary Drozd -- The knowledge and evidence base for practice / Paul McLeish -- Professional development, competence and education / Mary Drozd and Sinead Hahessy -- The musculoskeletal system and human movement / Lynne Newton-Triggs and Jean Rogers -- The team approach and nursing roles in orthopaedic and musculoskeletal trauma care / Sandra Flynn -- Rehabilitation and the orthopaedic and musculoskeletal trauma patient / Rebecca Jester -- Clinical assessment of the orthopaedic and trauma patient / Rebecca Jester -- Key musculoskeletal interventions / Lynne Newton-Triggs, Jean Rogers and Anna Timms -- The complications of musculoskeletal conditions and trauma / Julie Santy-Tomlinson, Sonya Clarke and Peter Davis -- Nutrition and hydration / Rosemary Masterson -- Pain assessment and management in orthopaedic and trauma care / Carolyn Mackintosh-Franklin -- Wound management, tissue viability and infection / Jeannie Donnelly and Alison Collins -- Key conditions and principles of orthopaedic management / Elaine Wylie and Sonya Clarke -- Elective orthopaedic surgery / Rebecca Jester, Sandra Flynn and Mary Drozd -- Musculoskeletal oncology over the lifespan / Helen Stradling -- Principles of trauma care / Fiona Heaney, Yvonne Conway and Stefanie Cormack -- Principles of fracture management / Julie Craig, Sonya Clarke and Pamela Moore -- Fragility fractures / Julie Santy-Tomlinson and Karen Hertz -- Fragility Hip Fracture / Karen Hertz and Julie Santy-Tomlinson -- Spinal cord injury / Sian Rodger -- Soft tissue, peripheral nerve and brachial plexus injury / Julie Craig, Beverley Gray Linnecor and Martyn Neil -- Key issues in caring for the child and young person with an orthopaedic or musculoskeletal trauma condition / Sonya Clarke -- Common childhood orthopaedic conditions, their care and management / Julia Judd -- Fracture management in the infant, child and young person / Elizabeth Wright -- Key fractures relating to infant, child and young person / Thelma Begley and Sonya Clarke.