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Ch.30 Musculoskeletal Injuries Flashcards

1
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Three types of muscles

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  • Skeletal
  • Smooth
  • Cardiac
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Voluntary muscle

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  • Under conscious control

* Attached to bones by tendons

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Involuntary Muscles

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  • Not under conscious control

* Internal organs

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Cardiac Muscles

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  • Involuntary

* Able to self start

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Tendons

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Connect muscle to bone

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Ligaments

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Connect bone to bone

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Skeletal system

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  • Provides shape and protective functions
  • Allows movement by way of joints
  • Commonly injured due to traumatic forces
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Skeletal system components

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  • Skull
  • Spinal column
  • Thorax
  • Pelvis
  • Lower extremities
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5 P’s

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  • Pain
  • Pulselessness
  • Paralysis
  • Paraesthesia
  • Pallor
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Fractures forces

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  • Direct
  • Indirect
  • Twisting
  • Muscle Contraction
  • Fatigue
  • Pathological
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Sprain

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Ligament stretched or torn beyond normal range of motion

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Sprain S/Sx

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  • Pain
  • Swelling
  • Discolored
  • Decrease movement
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Strain

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Stretch/Mild tearing of muscle or stretching of tendon

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Strain S/Sx

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  • Little to no deformity
  • Spasm
  • Weakness, loss of function
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Dislocation S/Sx

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  • Displacement of bone end from joint
  • Ligaments stretched or torn
  • Severe Pain due to nerve trauma
  • Stiffness
  • Loss of motion
  • Obvious deformity
  • Numbness
  • May decrease blood supply
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16
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Critical fractures

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  • Femur fractures

- Pelvic fractures

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17
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Osteoporosis can cause

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Pathological fracture

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18
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If Pt is unresponsive you should conduct

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Rapid trauma assessment

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19
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If the pt is otherwise stable you should conduct

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Focused physical Exam

20
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Definitive determination of a fracture is done by?

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X-Ray

21
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Splint

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Any device used to immobilize a body part is called a splint, and it can be soft or rigid.

22
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Both femur and pelvic fractures could result as much _____ml of blood

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2000ml of blood loss

23
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Assessment

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  • Ensure you’ve taken BSI precautions
  • Ascertain the MOI
  • Evaluate need for additional resources
  • rapidly assess mental status and ABC
24
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Splinting bones

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Immobilize the joint above and below the bone

25
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Splinting joints

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Immobilize the bone above and below the joint

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PMS

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  • Pulse
  • Movement
  • Sensation
27
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Sager traction

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  • Unipolar

- asses distal PMS function, and adjust the splint to about 4” longer than the heel

28
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Fixed splint

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For humerus injury

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Air splint

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  • Non malleable

- Straight extremity trauma

30
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PASG

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(Pneumatic Anti-Shock Trouser) Using the PASG for a suspected pelvic injury

31
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Compartment Syndrome

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-Compilation from extremity trauma

•Results from pressure building up in the tissues from Edema or bleeding into the muscle

32
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Frontal impact vehicle collisions patterns

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-Up and over
   •Abdomen,chest,Head,Neck
   •Starring of the windshield can mean head injuries 
-Down and Under
   •Knees, Femurs, Pelvis, Spine
33
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Rear Impact collisions can result in ?

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Whiplash That can lead to neck injuries

34
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Rollover Crashes can result in?

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  • Multi system trauma common
  • Ejection common
  • Crush injury common
35
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Extent of injury in car collisions depends on?

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How fast the vehicle is going

36
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Trauma centers are designed to provide?

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Immediate surgical intervention for Pt’s with internal trauma

37
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SD trauma centers

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  • Palomar
  • Sharp memorial
  • Scripps mercy hospital
  • UCSD hillcrest
  • Scripps memorial La Jolla
  • Childrens
38
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Fracture S/Sx

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  • Pain
  • Tenderness
  • Deformity
  • Discoloration
  • Paresthesia below fracture
  • Anesthesia below fracture
  • Paresis
  • paralysis
  • inability to move extremity
  • Circulatory issues
39
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Comminuted Fracture

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A fracture in which the bone is broken, splintered or crushed in several places

40
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Impacted fracture

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  • Bone ends driven into each other

- Commonly seen in arm fractures in children

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Greenstick fracture

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  • Bone ends and cracks, instead of breaking into separate pieces.incomplete fracture
  • Commonly seen in children
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Oblique Fracture

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Bone breaks diagonally

43
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Spiral fracture

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  • Caused by a twisting force

- Also called a torsion Fracture

44
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Transverse Fracture

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Break straight across the bone

45
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Osteoporosis

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  • Degenerative bone disorder associated with loss of minerals from the bone
  • Considered pathological (Disease process)
  • Maybe a Fracture cause the fall instead of the opposite?
46
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Dislocation

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  • Displacement of a bone from its normal position in a joint

- Obvious deformity and Swelling

47
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Types of splints

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  • Rigid splints
  • Traction splints
  • Vacuum splints
  • Sling and swathe
  • Spine board

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