Injuries Overview
approximately 206
What is number of bones in the skeletal system?
A break or damage to a bone
What is a Fracture?
Tool or device to immobilize an injury
What is a splint?
Do not attempt to straighten or bend the elbow
You may use a flat pillow or towel wrapped around the injured area and then secure it to the chest
If the elbow is straight, use rigid splints along the length of both sides of the arm
What is splinting the elbow?
You need to use a spine board for the entire body.
A snapping sound, deformity, pain and tenderness, crepitus, swelling, restricted movement, visible break, bruising or discoloration, loss of circulation or sensation
What are signs of a musculoskeletal injury?
The displacement of a bone at a joint away from its normal position
What is dislocation?
The voluntary muscles, smooth muscles of the walls of organs, and cardiac muscles of the heart
What are the three types of muscles?
If a single finger has a broken bone, you may be able to create a self-splint by taping the injured finger to the one beside it.
A tongue depressor or a piece of cardboard can work as a rigid splint
What is splinting a finger?
Potentially life threatening because of the risk of heavy bleeding in this area.
What is the splinting of the pelvis?
The 2 most susceptible body parts to dislocations
What are shoulder and fingers?
The excessive stretching and tearing of muscles or tendons, sometimes called a pulled muscle or a tear.
What is strain?
Folded blankets, towels, pillows, slings, swathes, cravats
What is types of soft splints?
A rigid splint extending from the elbow to the fingertips should be applied first
Then a sling and blinder can support the arm to the chest
What is splinting the forearm and wrist?
Use a traction splint if one is available and you have the training to apply this type of splint correctly.
If a traction splint cannot be applied, you can use two long rigid splints instead, with padding to fill any gaps between the splint and the patient’s body.
One splint or board must start at the patient’s groin area and extend past the bottom of the patient’s foot, on the inside of the affected leg.
The other should go from the patient’s armpit to below the bottom of the patient’s foot.
Wrap the boards tightly, using cravats at the chest, hips, knees and ankles to immobilize the body.
What is splinting the femur?
The cause of injury when one part of the body remains still while the rest of the body is twisted or turned away from it
What is twisting force?
The partial or complete tearing or stretching of ligaments and other tissues at a joint
What is sprain?
Contains a mechanical device that is attached to the body part above and below the injury and provides a steady counter-pull
What is traction splints?
A sling and binder should be used, with padding between the arm and chest to maintain a comfortable position
What is splinting the shoulder?
Using a circumferential air splint, extending from above the knee to below the foot
What is splinting the lower leg? (Tibia and fibula)
The cause of injury where energy is transmitted through the body and causes injury at some distance from the original point of impact
What is Indirect Force
There is an open wound in the skin over the fracture. In some cases, the broken bone actually protrudes from the skin or is visible through the wound
What is open fracture?
Lessen pain, prevent further damage to soft tissues, reduce risk of severe bleeding, reduce the possibility of loss of circulation to injured part, prevent closed extremity injuries from becoming open extremity injuries
What are the purposes of immobilization?
Splint with a sling, to reduce the pull from the arm’s weight, and a binder to immobilize the arm against the chest
What is splinting the collarbone?
A circumferential air splint is a good choice, but a pillow or thick blanket wrapped around the foot and ankle and secured in place will also work.
What is splinting the ankle?