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facture - Answer Break in the continuity of a bone



Fracture is Most Common in : - Answer Patients who have experienced trauma and older
adults



Long Bone Early Complications - Answer Fat Embolus

DVT

Compartment Syndrome



Compartment syndrome - Answer occurs when swelling causes increased pressure
leading to decreased blood flow and potential muscle and nerve damage... EMERGENT



For long bone fracture you should monitor - Answer Pulses and Temp.



Closed Fracture (SImple Fracture) - Answer Fracture is with in the skin, muscle and fascia



Open Fracture (Compound Fx) - Answer Fracture penetrates the skin, muscle, fascia



Transverse fracture - Answer Occurs at right angle of bone axis



Linear fracture - Answer fracture occurs parallel to bone axis



Nondisplaced Fracture (stable Fracture) - Answer Broken ends of the bone remain

,aligned



Displaced fracture (Compound) - Answer Broken ends of bone do not align requires
immediate attention.



Spiral - Answer Fracture Spirals around bone, common in sports and children



Green Stick - Answer bone fragments still partially join, children affected



communuted fracture - Answer break or splinter of the bone into more than 2 fragments,
such as high-impact trauma (MVA)



Greenstick - Answer xray will show fracture on only one side but the other side will look
normal.



3 Stages of Healing - Answer -Inflammatory/Reactive Phase

-Reparative Phase

-Remodeling Phase



Signs and Symptoms of Compartment Syndrome - Answer Reduce Blood Flow

Increases Blood Pressure

Monitor Temperature of Limb

Monitor Distal Pulses

Tenderness

Edema

SHOB

5 p's (pain, pulse, pallor, paranesthesia, paralysis)

,Fat embolus can form when - Answer can form when a long bone is fractured and fat cells
from yellow bone marrow are released into the blood.



Fat embolus can lead to - Answer PE (signs include increased heart rate, increased
respiratory rate, SHOB)



Hip Fx what should the nurse do? - Answer Teach:

Do not cross Legs

Use Abduction Pillow

Roll patient when moving or changing brief

Elevate HOB to 90 degrees



Risk factors of Hip Fracture - Answer Age

Female

History of Osteoporosis



Traumatic Hip Fx - Answer -One leg will be shorter

-acute pain

-deformed

-xray will not show fracture



Most common type of hip fracture - Answer intertrochanter



Complication of Hip fracture that can lead to PE - Answer Fat Emboli (CP increased HR
and RR, Hypoxia)



Strains - Answer Stretching or tearing of tendons

, Sprain - Answer Stretching or tearing of ligaments



Contusion - Answer Swollen or discolored Muscle Injury



Treatment of Strains, Sprains and Contusions - Answer RICE

Rest

Ice

Compression

Elevation



POLICE

Protection

Optimal

Load

Ice

Compression

Elevation



Dislocation Treatment - Answer -Keep Injury Stable

-Stay ahead of the pain

-avoid opioid overdose, rehab



Signs and symptoms of inadequate pain management - Answer diaphoresis

Increased heart Rate

Increased Blood Pressure



Complications of Fractures - Answer Avascular necrosis of bone

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