So You've Broken A Bone

GROKENA CON WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU BREAK A BONE, BEFORE YOU SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION it's called a fracture. When a bone breaks, THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENT KINDS OF FRACTURES Complete Fracture Greenstick Fracture Single Fracture Viv Comminuted Fracture Bowing Fracture Open Fracture CALL FOR EMERGENCY IF: THE PERSON IS UNRESPONSIVE, ISN'T BREATHING OR ISN'T MOVING. 2) THERE IS HEAVY BLEEDING. EVEN GENTLE PRESSURE OR MOVEMENT CAUSES PAIN. 911 THE LIMB OR JOINT APPEARS 4 DEFORMED. 5) THE BONE HAS PIERCED THE SKIN. THE EXTREMITY OF THE INJURY SUCH AS A TOE OR FINGER, IS NUMB OR BLUISH AT THE TIP. YOU SUSPECT A BONE IS BROKEN IN THE NECK, HEAD OR BACK. YOU SUSPECT A BONE IS 8. BROKEN IN THE HIP, PELVIS OR UPPER LEG. TAKE THESE ACTIONS IMMEDIATELY WHILE WAITING FOR MEDICAL HELP: STOP ANY BLEEDING. APPLY IMMOBILIZE APPLY ICE TO TREAT FOR 4 THE INJURED LIMIT SWELLING SHOCK. PRESSURE TO AREA. AND HELP THE WOUND. RELIEVE PAIN. V- What you can do BROKEN BEFORE GOING TO TAKE AN ICE PACK WITH ARM OR HOSPITAL, YOU CAN STABILIZE THE ARM YOU TO HOLD TO THE INJURED AREA. THIS BY USING A TOWEL CAN HELP TO REDUCE WRIST ASA SLING. PAIN AND SWELLING. V- How it is treated AT THE HOSPITAL, PAINKILLERS AND AN X-RAY WILL BE GIVEN. EITHER A CAST ONLY, OR OPERATION AND A CAST WILL BE NECESSARY, DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY OF THE FRACTURE. V What you can do BROKEN KEEP YOUR LEG RAISED AND HOLD AN ICE PACK TO THE ANKLE. THIS WILL HELP TO REDUCE THE PAIN AND ANKLE SWELLING. MNHOW it is treated XRAYS WILL BE TAKEN. THE LEG BONE MAY NEED REALIGN- ING IF IT'S OUT OF PLACE, THIS IS DONE BY USING A PROCEDURE KNOWN AS REDUC- TION. T What you BROKEN can do FINGER MAKE A TEMPORARY SPLINT BY PUTTING A PEN OR LOLLYPOP STICK OR SOMETHING SIMILAR NEXT TO THE FINGER AND WRAPPING SOME- THING AROUND THIS AND THE FINGER TO STABILIZE IT. How it is treated XRAYS, A REDUCTION WILL BE GIVEN IF NECESSARY AND/OR SURGERY. Copyright © 2013 RD Concepts, Inc. All rights reserved Sources: http://kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/aches/broken_bones.html http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/broken-arm/Pages/Introduction.aspx http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/broken-ankle/Pages/Introduction.aspx http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/broken-finger/Pages/Introduction.aspx http://ww tions/broken-toe/Pages/Introduction.aspx INFOGRAPHIC DESIGNED BY ENationalPositions The CastCover. becane eery unt reehcer