Soft Tissue Injurys and fractures Flashcards
(15 cards)
What are the 4 types of soft tissue injury
- Strain injury
- Mild injury
- Moderate injury
- Severe injury
What is a strain?
- A traumatic injury to the ligaments or muscles surrounding a joint
- damage to the muscle or tendon caused by over stretching them beyond their functional capacity. Can be chronic as a result of overuse
What’s are the 3 types of sprain injuries
Minimal injury-little sigh of injury
Medium injury-some loss of function, swelling
Severe injury-complete tear, pain and swelling, joints likely to be unstable
severity of Sprain
Mild- no effect on movement of the limb
Moderate- partial tear, may experience some loss of function
Severe- complete tear, recognised immediately, considerable pain (most of the time)
What is a bruise
A close wound when blood vessels are damaged or broken as a result of a blow to the skin
What’s is a haematoma
A closed wound when bleeding occurs deep within the tissue and collects causing swelling and discolouration
What is a bursitis
A close wound caused by inflammation of the bursa a synovial fluid filled sac
What is Swelling
A closed wound of a transient accumulation of interstitial fluid as a result of trauma or subsequent inflammatory process
What is a fracture and it’s two categories
A break in the continuity of bone
-may also involve blood vessel, nerves and other tissue surrounding the bone
- closed fracture=does not break the skin so no associated open wound
- open fracture= Broken bone has gone through skin, therefore increased risk of infection in wound
What are the 7 types of fractures
- Green stick fracture
- Potts- fracture involving the lower extremity of the tibia and fibula usually involves ankle dislocation
- Comminuted- involves the bone shattering into multiple pieces of bone or several breaks
- Transverse-break to the bone across its long axis
- Spiral
- Colles
- Epiphyseal
How many miles of blood can u lose from a femur fracture
1500mls
How many miles of blood can u lose from a pelvis fracture
2000-3000mls
How many miles of blood can u use from a tibia/fibula fracture
350ml
How many miles of blood can u lose from a humerus fracture
500mls
How many miles of blood can u lose from radius and ulna fracture
150ml
