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A compound or open fracture is one in which the bone fracture punctures the skin. The exposed bone runs the risk of acquiring a deep bone infection.

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Q: Is a protruding bone of the lower arm an open fracture?
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What casualty is a bone protruding from his lower arm?

An open fracture


What type of fracture is a bone protruding from the lower arm?

When a bone fracture protrudes through the skin it is classified as an open fracture. With an open fracture there is a risk of deep bone infection.


What example of fracture is it when you assess a casualty and discover he is in pain with a bone protruding from his lower arm?

Open fracture


You assess a casualty and discover that he is in pain and has a bone protruding from his lower arm this is an example of of what type of fracture?

If you assess a casualty and discover that the patient has a bone protruding from his lower arm, the patient has an open fracture, also known as a compound fracture.


You assess a casualty and discover that he is in a great deal of pain and has a bone protruding from his lower arm this is an example of an?

a "compound fracture" or open fracture


What type of fracture has bone protruding throughskin?

A compound fracture is when a bone protrudes through the skin.


What type of fracture has the bone protruding from the?

A compound or open fracture, where the bone is visible sticking out of the skin


You assess a casualty and discover that he is in a great deal of pain and has a bone protruding from his lower arm This is an example of a?

open fracture


When you assess a casualty and discover that he is in a great deal of pain and has a bone protruding from his lower arm this is an example of a what?

Open Fracture


What type of fracture has bone protruding out?

Compound Fracture


In an accident...you assess a casualty and discover that he is in a great deal of pain and has a bone protruding from his lower arm what is this an example of?

open fracture


At the scene of an accident you assess a casualty and discover that he is in a great deal of pain and has a bone protruding from his lower arm?

open fracture