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It depends on the bone that was fractured. Treatment for simple closed non-displaced long bone fractures would be immobilisation. Simple fracture of the frontal bone of the skull touching the frontal sinuses would include preventive antibiotics. Simple fracture of a rib would be treated with pain medication. Simple fracture of a vertebra would require a corset. So there is no on single correct answer.
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Bone fracture that doesn't break the skin?
A simple fracture. A compound fracture is when the bone pierces the skin.
What you call where bone partially broken?
There are two types of bone break where the bone is partially broken. One is called a simple fracture (also called a "greenstick fracture") the other is a hairline fracture.
What type of fracture shatters the bone?
A fracture that shatters the bone is called a comminuted fracture. A direct impact can shatter bone into several fragments or pieces. This type of fracture is likely to occur in a road traffic accident.
What are the three types of bone injuries?
There are two main catorgories of fractures. Complete and incomplete. A complete fracture is what we would usually refer to as a break (but that is not a medical term). An incomplete fracture is a hairline fracture, when the bone is cracked or patially broken. Another incomplete fracture is a greenstick, when the bone is broken on one side causing it to bend. Some coplete fractures are the simple fracture, where the bone is broken into two, straight across. Then the oblique fracture is very similar except it is broken on an angle. The spiral fracture is broken on an angle the twisted. Compound fracture is when the bone breaks through the skin. The comminuted fracture is a multi-fragmentary 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 This is an example of a an?
Open Fracture
What is a simple fracture and a compound fracture?
a fracture in which skin is intact at site of fracture is a closed fracture or simple fracture whereas compound fracture or an open fracture is a fracture in which the skin is perforated and there is an open wound down to the site of the fracture.
Difference between a green stick fracture and a simple fracture?
A simple fracture - results in a 'clean' break across the bone. A green-stick fracture is an incomplete break.
What is the term for an open fracture?
A closed fracture may also be referred to as a simple fracture. An open fracture is also called a compound fracture.
What is a fracture that does not break through the skin it is also called a close fracture?
simple fracture
What type of fracture if the bone broken cleanly?
Simple Fracture.
What fracture is called a closed fracture?
A simple fracture in which the bone does not penetrate the skin.
Bone fracture that doesn't break the skin?
A simple fracture. A compound fracture is when the bone pierces the skin.
Is a simple fracture also called a hair line fracture?
Yes it is
What are simply fracture bones?
A simple fracture is one that has not broken the skin.
What is a simple fracture?
what is a closed reduction
What causes a simple fracture?
There are many things that can cause a simple fracture. Mostly they include falling off things and making a clean break.
What is a simple bone fracture?
A simple bone fracture is a crack in the bone. Simple bone fractures do not penetrate the skin and are easily healed without a formal cast most of the time.
