[Developments of the bone and joint decade in the area of emergency medicine activity].

Emergency medicine in our country is still a new medical discipline, which is develope in spite of objective connected difficulties with generally well-known problems of medical service in Poland. Essential part of patients treated on the field of activity of rescue--medicine are victims with injuries of osteoarticular system. According to many authors determine they to 40% patients provided in pre-hospital care time. Development of Polish emergency medicine happens on period of Decade of the Bone and Joint, declared by the World Health Organization on years 2000-2010. Consequences of bones and joints injuries are the reason protracted pain complaints and physical disability of gigantic number of patients. The goal of the Decade are among other things, activities aiming to improvement of efficiency of osteoarticular system injuries on place of event and in emergency medicine departments, in accordance to accepted procedures. It is an extremely essential meaning for patient's future and of final results of treatment, and a quality of life of these people. In Clinic of Emergency Medicine and Multiple Injuries in relationship to Decade of the Bone and Joint we investigate problems concerning diagnostics procedures and initial medical management of isolated osteoarticular injuries, and coexisted with injuries of other body regions. In this study we present management strategy of osteoarticular injuries in emergency medicine in aspect of goals realization of the Decade of the Bone and Joint.