Archive: Emergency Department

Thanks to the healing process of the body, most simple wounds heal without complications. The aim of treatment is to avoid infection and pain whilst healing takes place. You...

Welcome to Milton Keynes Hospital Emergency Department (ED). Our aim is to provide safe, effective, patient-focused care. Our busy department provides 24-hour care to an average of 240 patients...

Staff will measure your sticks/crutches to the correct height you need. Care of sticks/crutches • Check pins of metal crutches are through the holes correctly • Ensure that the...

Thromboprophylaxis: the prevention of blood clots forming in the leg or lungs, for patients who do not need to be admitted to hospital. Why do I need thromboprophylaxis? You...

Immunisation against Tetanus (lockjaw) is important. The bacteria that causes this disease lives in the soil and dirt of our daily lives and enters the body through a wound...

Tenosynovitis is inflammation of the sheath of tissue around a tendon – a fibrous cord that attaches muscle to bone. The inflammation usually occurs where a tendon passes over...

Advice for parents You should: • Let your child continue eating the same things as usual, unless the doctor or nurse tells you otherwise You should not: • Give...

Injuries to the shoulder can cause severe pain and may lead to stiffness of the joint later on. You should: • Use slings and supports as advised by the...

Your arms and legs contain bones (hard tissue) and muscle and ligaments (soft tissue).Your soft tissue has been injured, but not your bone. But just like a broken bone,...

The muscles and ligaments (soft tissue) of your neck are injured. An X-ray is not usually needed for us to decide how to treat your injury. You should: Take...