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Is a hairline fracture on the tip of a finger considered a OSHA recordable injury?
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Do you need to obtain medical care of a hairline fracture of your pinky finger?
no
Will a hairline fracture in your left ring finger just beyond the joint cause any future complications such as arthritis?
AnswerThe fracture by itself won't cause arthritis. However, if you start to develop arthritis, there's a good chance that the fracture may be one of the places it affects first.
How do you know if you have a hairline fracture in your ankle?
To be certain, you need an X-ray and a radiologist/doctor to read the film and give you a diagnosis.
What is the medical term meaning multiple broken finger bones?
Phalangeal fractures or fractured Phalanges is the term for multiple broken finger bones.Finger bones are phalanges.Phalangeal fracture
Can you brake and fracture your finger at the same time?
Yes you can. A break and a fracture refer to the same type of injury.
What is the healing time for an avulsion finger fracture?
6 weeks
What is the medical term analogy for a broken wrist bone?
were your wrist breaks
How do you heal a fractured pinky finger?
It depends on the degree of the fracture. If it is just a crack/hairline fracture, then the treatment can be easy as buddy-taping it to the finger adjacent to it. If the fracture is such that the bone is separated into two, you may need to go to the doctor to have it put back into the right position for it to heal. The doctor may give you a finger splint to immobilize the finger. It takes around 4-8 weeks for it to heal completely. To check how severe the fracture is, an X-ray is needed.
What will happen if you fracture your finger without having it set?
it will eventually heal, but it will be crooked. How crooked it will heal depends upon the severity of the fracture
If someone passes out from smashed finger is that an OSHA recordable?
Becoming unconscious is one of the criteria for OSHA recordability, so yes, in most cases, and all other criteria for recordability being met, this would be a recordable event.
How do you treat a hairline fracture in the middle finger?
I just had this happen and saw my doctor. Since the hairline fracture was only in one place and so small, he absolutely said DO NOT splint it. If I was going to work out or play golf, he suggested using the "buddy taping" to my middle finger for support. Other than that, I iced for swelling for 2 days then for another 5 days went back and forth between warm epson salts soaking for 20 minutes then icing for 10. The swelling and bruising went away fast for it is still swollen enough where I cannot get a ring on it. But the doctor said ok to type, play golf, and work out as long as I wasn't doing anything forceful against the finger. He said it could be weeks before it was feeling a lot better but not to worry about it.
Is an arm splint an OSHA recordable event?
Since a splint must be applied by a medical professional and is beyond the scope of simply first aid, if the broken arm is a result of work-related activity, then the arm splint would be OSHA recordable - unless it was only applied as a precaution by a first aider and was later found by a medical professional not to be needed.
