What is it?
_________ is a breakage of the bone.
What is a fracture?
A patient has a sprain and is in pain, what should the patient NOT do?
Walk or try to put weight on it.
What is the purpose of elevating a limb?
To reduce swelling and help with blood flow
A late symptom of compartment syndrome in which the patient is unable to move a limb or toes.
This is the best treatment for compartment syndrome?
Bivalving the cast or removing the cast/restricting factor.
_______ is excessive stretching or tearing of a muscle or tendon.
What is a strain?
What is apart of the 6 P's that describes a dusky/grey color?
What is pallor?
To reduce swelling
This is the application of a pulling force with prescribed weights to part of the body to position and hold bone fragments in correct alignment.
What is traction?
This happens slowly when multiple particles of fat travel through the patient's system to cause respiratory compromise and cyanosis?
What is fat embolism syndrome?
_______ is when the end of the bone is moved out of its normal position.
What is a dislocation?
This is important to do when a patient has a broken bone in a cast to prevent compartment syndrome?
Why should we use a draw sheet/lift sheet to move patients up in bed?
To prevent injury to the patient
This is another word for painful tingling or burning?
What is paresthesia?
Patients with osteoporosis or a tumor is at risk for this type of fracture.
What is a pathological fracture?
______ is excessive stretching of a ligament.
What is a sprain?
A patient states that their pain has not been relieved by opiods 2 hours after morphine administration.
Report to the provider.
Why would an open fracture be a risk of infection?
It is an open wound and exposed to bacteria or other organisms.
A problem in which the limb is the same temperature as the room, usually cool to touch.
What is poikilothermia?
This type of fracture occurs in crushing injuries and often needs a fixation device to help healing.
What is a comminuted fracture?
this happens when the bone does not properly heal with treatment.
What is nonunion?
Elevate the leg _______ the level of the ______.
Above; Heart
What is the purpose of Buck's traction?
To reduce muscle spasms and immobilize the hip
This fixation device is applied surgically, but you can see the instruments outside of the patient's body.
What is external fixation?
What is the hallmark s/s of compartment syndrome with a newly casted patient?
severe, unrelieved pain even after getting opioids.