2. What is a bone fracture?
• Means breaking of ones continuity of their
bone.
• These fractures can be very painful
• Indicators that a bone is broken is one can not
function on the extremity that is broken,
swelling also begins to take place
3. IMPACTED FRACTURE
• Fracture which ones bone fragment push into
each other.
• Also known as a Buckle Fracture
• The compression of the bone can cause
swelling of ones skin and one will experience
pain.
4.
5. • Most commonly happens in the arm, children
experience this fracture the most.
Lower picture (Teenager fell )
6. OBLIQUE FRACTURE
• Bone breaks at an angel.
• One can follow the line down the broken
bones axis, runs diagonal along ones shaft.
7.
8. OBLIQUE FRACTURE
• Tend to happen in longer bones such as the
tibia
• A good way to remember this fracture is to
think about breaking in a diagonal form
9. SPIRAL FRACTURE
• The fracture line breaks into a spiral which
either goes up or down the bone.
• A great way to remember this fracture is to
think of TWISTING FORCE
• Treatment: cast and or surgery
10.
11. SPIRAL FRACTURE
• Tend to occur:
Older patients
Abused victims
Skiers
Deemed as the most difficult to heal
12. References
Smith, S.E., and Bronwyn Harris. "What Is a Spiral Fracture?" WiseGeek.
Conjecture, 30 Apr. 2012. Web. 19 June 2012.
<http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-spiral-fracture.htm>.
Fremghen F. B, Frucht S. S. Medical Terminology. MO, Maryville, Pearson
Prentice Hall, 2009.
