Orthopedic Trauma.txt

• Closed Fracture
• Open Fracture
• Hairline Fracture
• Impacted Fracture
• Transverse Fracture
• Oblique Fracture
• Comminuted Fracture
• Spiral Fracture
• Fatigue Fracture
• Greenstick Fracture
• Epiphyseal Fracture

A broken bone in which the bone ends of the forces that caused it to not penetrate the skin

A broken bone in which the bone ends of the forces that caused it penetrate the skin

Small crack in a bone that does not disrupt its total structure

Break in a bone in which the bone is compressed on itself

A break that tuns across a bone perpendicular to the bone's orientation

Break in abone running across it at an angle other than 90 degrees

Fracture in which a bone is broken into several pieces

A curving break in a bone as may be cause by roatational forces

Break in a bone associated with prolonged or repeated stress

Partial fracture of a child's bone

Disruption in the epiphyseal plate of a child's bone

• Protect open wounds
• Proper position in neutral or position of comfort
• Immobilize injury
• Monitor neurovascular function