Fractures -- Review ( Flash cards)

Front

A 95-year-old patient has an accidental fall while going to the bathroom without assistance, sustaining a bone fracture to the right leg. The leg is deformed and immobile. The patient is alert and oriented, but in pain. What will you do FIRST after confirming the patient is safe and stable?

Back

Immobilize the fracture with a splint.

Front

A female patient is brought to the emergency room with an injury to her lower leg from an ATV accident. You notice the white tip of a bone protruding through the skin as you cut her pant leg off. Her injury is described as what kind of fracture?

Back

Compound

Front

Back

compound

Front

A fracture in which the bone breaks diagonally.

Back

Oblique fracture

Front

Bone breaks into many fragments.

Back

Comminuted fracture

Front

The bone breaks incompletely and occurs most commonly during the infantile stages of life.

Back

Greenstick Fracture

Front

Tissue that connects bone to bone

Back

Ligament

Front

What kind of fracture is shown in the picture?

Back

Closed or simple.

Front

What is an open fracture?

Back

One in which the sharp edges of the bone cut through the skin.

Front

Back

Compression Fracture