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Musculo Trauma
Brady EMT Basic - Chapter 30 Musculoskeletal Trauma
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the portions of the skeleton that include the clavicles, scapulae, arms, wrists, and hands (upper extremities) and the pelvis, thighs, legs, ankles, and feet ( lower extemities) | Extremities |
| hard but flexible living structures that provide support for the body and protection to vital organs | Bones |
| places where bones articulate, or meet | Joints |
| bones found in the arm and leg, humerus, radius, ulna, femur, tibia. fibula | Long bones |
| sternum, shoulder blades and ribs | Flat bones |
| vertebrae | Irregular bones |
| tissues or fibers that cause movement of body parts and organs | Muscles |
| tough tissue that covers the joint ends of bones and helps form certain body parts such as the ear | Cartilage |
| tissues that connect muscle to bone | Tendons |
| connective tissue that connect bone to bone | Ligaments |
| A splint that applies constant pull along the length of a lower extremity to help stabilize the fractured bone and to reduce muscle spasm in the limb. | Traction splint |
| any break in a bone | fracture |
| a fracture where the bone is broken in several places | comminuted fracture |
| an incomplete fracture | Greenstick Fracture |
| fracture in which the broken bone segments are at an angle to each other | Angulated Fracture |
| the disruption or "comming apart" of a joint | Dislocation |
| the stretching and tearing of ligaments | Sprain |
| muscle injury resulting from overstretching or overexertion of the muscle | Strain |
| an injury to an extremity with no associated opening in the skin | closed extremity injury |
| an extremity injury in which the skin has been broken or torn through from the inside by an injured bone or from the outside by something that has caused a penetrating wound with associated injury to the bone | Open extremity injury |
| injury caused when tissues such as blood vessels and nerves are constricted within a space as from swelling or from a tight dressing or cast | Compartment Syndrome |
| a grating sensation or sound made when fractured bone ends rub together | Crepitus |
| A traction splint is contradicted if there is a _____ injury | pelvis , Hip or Knee |
| What does CSM stand for? | Pulse, circularity,motor, sensory |
| The three types of mechanism that cause musculoskeletal injuries include | Direct, indirect, and twisting |
| Both swelling and clotting associated with broken bones is due to the destruction of blood vessels in the..... | periosteum |
| The splints that are most commonly used to immobilize joint injuries in the position found are? | Formable Splints |
| A triangular bandage used to support the shoulder and arm is called a | Sling |
| Studies of mechanics of injury indicate that infants and children with fractured femurs often have injury to | Internal Injuries |
| Patients with a hip fracture should be managed for shock and receive | Oxygen |
| the memory aid PMS stands for? | Pulse, Motor, and Sensation |
| The three types of mechanisms that cause musculoskeletal injuries include: | direct force, indirect force and twisting force. |
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