First Aid in Trauma
, Fractures
• Definition; break or crack in a bone
– Break in continuity of a bone
• Causes
– Direct force
– Crushing force
– Extreme muscular contraction
– Sudden twisting motions
– Disease
, Fracture cont…
• When the bone is broken, adjacent structures are also
affected, resulting in:
– Soft tissue edema
– Hemorrhage into the muscles and joints
– Joint dislocations
– Ruptured tendons
– Severed nerves
– Damaged blood vessels
– Injury to body organs by the force that caused the
fracture or by the fracture fragments
, Fractures
• Definition; break or crack in a bone
– Break in continuity of a bone
• Causes
– Direct force
– Crushing force
– Extreme muscular contraction
– Sudden twisting motions
– Disease
, Fracture cont…
• When the bone is broken, adjacent structures are also
affected, resulting in:
– Soft tissue edema
– Hemorrhage into the muscles and joints
– Joint dislocations
– Ruptured tendons
– Severed nerves
– Damaged blood vessels
– Injury to body organs by the force that caused the
fracture or by the fracture fragments
