dont move the bone or try to put it back. Use the acronym RED (rest, elevate, direct pressure) wrap the arm in a bandage to stop the bleeding taking care not to apply pressure directly on the exposed bone (many methods can be used such as the doughnut, log cabin method or using a stirafoam cup depending on the situation most of the time you will just have to wrap around the exposed bone then either transport the victim to the ER or call EMS
A compound fracture.
compound fracture
Simple fracture vs. Compound Fracture (bone protrudes through skin)
Compound 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.
This is called an open fracture of the humerus.
Compound fracture .
closed fracture
Open fracture
When the fractured bone protrudes from the skin, this is known as a compound fracture.
open fracture
Open Fracture