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RE Ch. 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a cloth wrapped around a person to securely hold the arm against the person's chest to add stability; also called a swathe | binder |
| a limb of the body, such as an arm or leg | extremity |
| part of upper extremity from elbow to wrist, contains radius and ulna bones | forearm |
| the parts of the body from the hip to the toes | lower extremity |
| part of lower extremity from knee to ankle, contains fibula and tibia | lower leg |
| part of lower extremity from pelvis to knee, contains femur | thigh |
| part of upper extremity from shoulder to elbow, contains humerus | upper arm |
| parts of body from shoulder to fingers | upper extremity |
| If you suspect a serious musculoskeletal injury, what should you do first? | immobilize the injured part |
| Signs and symptoms of a serious extremity injury | Pain or tenderness, swelling, discoloration, deformity of limb, inability to move or use it, inability to bear weight on injured leg, severe external/internal bleeding, loss of sensation or feeling, or tingling, limb is cold to touch |
| Immobilizing an injury serves to | lessen pain, prevent further damage to soft tissues, reduce risk of severe bleeding, reduce possibility of circulation to injured part, prevent closed fractures from becoming open fractures |
| includes soft materials (folded blankets, towels, cravats - slings for injured shoulder, elbow or upper arm) | soft splints |
| include padded boards, folded magazines or newspapers, and padded metal strips w/out sharp edges | rigid splints |
| person's own body used as a splint (arm to chest, injured leg to uninjured leg) | anatomic splints |
| Support injured part in _____, check its other side for circulation/_____, ______, and _____ before and after splinting, and splint to immobilizes joints or bones ____ and ____ injury site | found position, feeling, warmth, color, above and below |
| Cut off or remove any _____ or ______ around injury site, cover any ____ or _____ with sterile dressings and carefully bandage with minimal pressure ____ splinting, and don't _____ protruding bones back below skin | clothing, jewelry, bleeding, open wounds, splinting, push |
| Don't ______ angulated fractures, allow person to ______ on injured lower extremity, ____ and ___ splints in place with cravats, roller bandages or other wide strips of cloth, and _____ splinted part | straighten, bear weight, pad, secure, elevate |
| After the injured extremity has been immobilized, apply ____ to the injured area with a thin banner to help minimize pain and swelling, help person ____, ___ and ____ person, and minimize ____ | cold, rest in comfortable position, comfort, reassure, shock |
| The most frequent cause of injury of the upper extremities is | falling on the hand of an outstretched arm |
| Stabilize injured shoulder in its ______, control ____ with direct pressure unless it's located directly over a ______, use __, ___, or a similar object to fill gap between UE and chest, ____ UE, apply ____, minimize _____ | found position, eternal bleeding, suspected fracture, pillow, rolled blanket, splint, cold pack, shock |
| if you must transport or move the person with an injured upper arm, and it does not cause more pain, | splint upper arm injury with padded rigid splint on the outside of arm |
| If the elbow can be comfortably bent, | place UE in a sling and binder to further stabilize injury. |
| If the elbow cannot be comfortably bent, or if the rigid splint is longer than the upper arm, | keep arm straight at the person's side and wrap bandages or binders around the arm and chest |
| Care for elbow injuries - SAB - bent/deformed elbow | splint with sling and consider use of binder if necessary and tolerable for person |
| Care for elbow injuries - straight elbow | immobilize elbow with rigid splints along length of both sides of arm, from fingertips to underarm |
| Fractures of both forearm bones often have a characteristic __-shaped deformity | S |
| Care forearm, wrist, and hand injuries - SAB - transportation, injured forearm | place rigid splint underneath forearm, from elbow to fingertips, supported by sling and binder |
| splint an injured single finger by creating an _____ splint by taping it to one beside it, improvise a ___ splint by taping it to a small object, such as a popsicle stick or tongue depressor | anatomic, rigid |
| If a person has several broken fingers or back of hand | place a rolled up bandage or a small ball in palm of person's hand with fingers curled naturally around it, then wrap entire hand and splint lower arm and wrist with a rigid splint |
| arteries that supply blood to lower extremities | femoral arteries |
| a leg with a fractured femur may be noticeably shorter than the other uninjured leg because | the thigh muscles pull the ends of the broken bone together, causing them to overlap |
| Don't ____ or _____ injured femur, control any ______ with direct pressure, call _____ or _____, ____ injury in found position, help person ______, apply _____, and minimize _____ | move, straighten, external bleeding with DP, 9-1-1, DE# stabilize, rest in comfortable position, cold pack, shock |
| Care for knee injuries - SAB - straight knee | use two padded rigid splints on either side of affected leg (inside: groin to bottom of foot and outside: hip and past foot), splint by securing injured knee to uninjured leg |
| Caring for lower leg injuries - SAB - transportation | create an anatomic splint by securing the injured lower extremity to the uninjured lower extremity with several wide cravats placed above and below injury site; place pillow or rolled blanket between them and bind them together below SOI |
| Caring for ankle and foot injuries - SAB but immobilize entire foot or leg by using a ____ splint, such as a pillow or rolled blanket, and secure it with two or three cravats | soft |
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