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Fractures                
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A "fracture" is another name  for what condition?
A broken or cracked bone
A ruptured spleen
Contusion
A fixed joint
When a bone breaks at the spotwhere a kick or blow landed,  the fracture is said to have  been caused by ..... force.
Direct
Indirect
External
Immense
When a bone breaks at some    distance from where the force was applied it is said to havebeen caused by what?
Indirect force
Direct force
Secondary pressure
Crepitus
What is meant by the term     "closed fracture"?
Where the skin is not broken
When the bone has been exposed
When several breaks occur
When no signs of swelling
When there is a wound leading down to a fracture, what type of fracture is it said to be?
Open
Complicated
Greenstick
Closed
When a fracture is associated with an injury to an importantstructure eg brain, lungs,    dislocated joint, it is a ...?
Complicated fracture
Pott's fracture
Closed fracture
Greenstick fracture
In what type of fracture is   the break incomplete? (Common in young children)
Greenstick
Complicated
Open
Closed
What is the term used to      describe the coarse bony      grating sometimes felt or     heard at the fracture site?
Crepitus
Carpus
Creaking
Cracking
Blood loss into tissues       usually causes what at the    site of a fracture?
Swelling
Reddening
Infection
Crepitus
Fractures may cause what      condition as a result of bloodloss from the circulation?
Shock
Heart failure
Sub-normal temperature
Kidney damage
If the two ends of a broken   bone override each other what will be the effect on the     length of the injured limb?
It will be shorter
It will be longer
No change
 
When checking a patient's     limbs for deformity or        swelling it is useful to      compare each limb with what?
The limb on the other side
A recent photograph
Someone else's limb
 
The principal aim of first aidin dealing with a fracture is what?
To support and immobilise it
To reassure the patient
To prevent swelling
To minimise effects of shock
A device used to provide extrasupport to a fractured limb   for the journey to hospital isknown as what?
A splint
A plaster cast
A crutch
A brace
What could be used as a splintin an emergency?
Anything long enough and rigid
Only "approved" splints
Only strong strips of wood
A length of rubber hosepipe
Which organs are most commonlyinvolved in a complicated     fracture of the ribs?
Lungs
Heart
Stomach
Kidneys
What is the aim of first aid  in treating a "sucking wound" of the chest?
To seal the wound
To prevent internal bleeding
To reassure the patient
To prevent infection
What is normally used to      provide support for the chest wall in treating a case of    fractured ribs?
The patient's arm (in a sling)
A splint
A pressure pad
A ring bandage
Straw coloured fluid or blood issuing from the ear or nose  can indicate a fracture of    what?
Skull
Lower jaw
Nose
Spine
A casualty with a fractured   skull should normally be      placed in what position?
The recovery (coma) position
On his back
Face down
The semi-recumbent position
With which fracture is there agrave danger of damage to the spinal cord - especially if   the patient is moved?
Spine
Skull
Ribs
Pelvis
If a casualty is suspected of having a fractured pelvis it  is most important that he is  told NOT to do what?
Pass water
Breath deeply
Be sick
Ride a bicycle
A "missed kick" in football   can cause a fracture of which bone?
Knee cap (patella)
Femur
Tibia
Fibula
For a fracture of the foot or toes what should you apply to the sole of the foot?
A well-padded splint
A cold compress
Antiseptic ointment
A pressure bandage
A common fracture (Colles's   fracture) can be mistaken for a sprained wrist. Which bone  does it involve?
Lower end of the radius
A carpal bone
Ulna
A metacarpal bone