2008 Emergency Department Soft Tissue Injuries 
Taming the SRU
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
These patients may be discharged with close outpatient follow-up, and should be instructed to return to the Emergency Department if they develop worsening and/or spreading pain and swelling, as this may be indicative of an infectious process. Tintinalli’s emergency medicine: A comprehensive study guide (Ninth edition.).
Pediatric Emergency Playbook
JANUARY 1, 2017
Some are simple comfort measures such as splinting (fracture or sprain), applying cold (acute soft tissue injury) or heat (non-traumatic, non-specific pain), or other targeted non-pharmacology. Skin and Soft tissue Skin and soft tissue injuries or abscesses often require solid non-pharmacopoeia in addition to local anesthetics.
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