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SKELETAL SYSTEM Fractures

SKELETAL SYSTEM Fractures. Graphic slides coming……. If you are going to work in healthcare, you will see these types of injuries or illnesses. If you are the queasy type, have your group look at the slide first and then decide if you want to look. FRACTURES.

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SKELETAL SYSTEM Fractures

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  1. SKELETAL SYSTEMFractures

  2. Graphic slides coming……. • If you are going to work in healthcare, you will see these types of injuries or illnesses. • If you are the queasy type, have your group look at the slide first and then decide if you want to look.

  3. FRACTURES • Greenstick – bone partially broken, breaks on one side and bends on the other, more common in children • Closed – bone broken, but no break in skinhttp://www.mybrokenleg.com/faq/glossary_files/greenstick_xray.jpg • Open (Compound) – bone fragment protruded through the skin (at some point in time)

  4. FRACTURES • Comminuted – bone is splintered or crushed in several places http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8e/Left_clavicle.JPG/400px-Left_clavicle.JPG • Depressed – broken end of skull bone moves inward www.itim.nsw.gov.au/index.cfm?objectid=29BFD2... • Spiral – fracture where bone has been twisted apart due to a twisting motion http://www.jortho.org/2004/1/3/e2/index_files/image008.jpg

  5. FRACTURES • Impacted – broken bone ends jam into each other. • Colles Fracture – fracture and dislocation of distal radius caused by falling on an outstretched hand emedicine.medscape.com/article/398406-imaging • Crepitus – crackling sensation that is felt and heard when the ends of a broken bone move together (like rice krispies)

  6. TREATMENTS / PROCEDURES • Manipulation • Also known as “closed reduction” • Realignment of bone involved in a fracture or joint dislocation. Affected bone returned to proper alignment and then a cast or splint applied. http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/3/3a/250px-External_Fixator.JPG • External fixation • Treatment of a fracture where pins are placed into the skin and bone so that an external appliance can be used to hold the pieces of the bone firmly in place. Appliance is removed after healing

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