Move it or Lose it
Immobilization causing venous stasis, increased cardiac workload, blood pressure alterations affect this system.
What is the Cardiovascular System?
A state of inactivity or when movement stops
What is Statis?
This helps the patient to stay hydrated
What is encourage increasing fluid intake to 3 L/day?
A pulling force used to maintain body alignment, maintain fracture alignment, and relieve pain and muscle spasm
What is traction?
This helps prevent skin breakdown around the cast's edges.
What is padding?
Decreased muscle mass and muscle tension, shortening of muscle, loss of calcium from the bone matrix, decrease in bone weight affect this system.
What is the Musculoskeletal System?
An involuntary constriction and relaxation of the muscles of the intestine.
What is Peristalsis?
This helps to decrease pressure injuries, impaired circulation and atelectasis
What is turn every 2 hours?
Uses Velcro boots, belts, halters, and slings
What is skin traction?
True or False: Bars on hip spica cast should not be used for lifting or turning
What is TRUE?
Decreased mental activity, decreased sensory input, decreased socialization, decreased independence affects this system.
What is the Nervous System (Brain)?
The partial or complete collapse of the lung tissue (alveoli)
What is Atelectasis?
This prevents contractures, maintain muscle strength and decreases stiffness and pain.
What does encouraging passive and active range of motion (ROM) exercises do?
Requires surgical placement of pins, tongs, screws, or wires anchored to the bone
What is Skeletal Traction?
This can cause circulatory impairment and pressure injury in the cast.
What is swelling?
Stasis of urine, urinary tract infection, renal stones affect what system
What is the Urinary System?
A sudden blockage of a lung artery.
What is Pulmonary embolism (PE)?
This promotes wound healing, provides energy and prevents malnutrition.
What does provide adequate nutritional intake do?
Maintaining correct weight, alignment, and balance
What is the nurse responsible for?
Use the palms of the hands and the flat part of the fingers when doing this.
What is handling a cast?
Anorexia, metabolic change to catabolism and negative nitrogen balance, decreased peristalsis affects this system
What is the Gastrointestinal System?
A form of low blood pressure that happens when standing after sitting or lying down.
What is Orthostatic hypotension?
This prevents constipation, reduces training and supports overall digestive health.
What does increase fiber in your diet do?
The nurse will assess during traction.
Circulation checks every hour for the first 24 hours, then every 4 hours thereafter
A cast must be this during drying to prevent dents and uneven pressure.
What is protected?