How to determine whether there is a bone fracture?

Bone fracture is a phenomenon caused by people in accidental situations, usually caused by blows or falls. Fracture is caused by continuous or complete breakage of bones. Today I will mainly explain to you about bone fracture. Many people cannot distinguish between fracture and bone fracture. If you cannot distinguish the condition after an accident, you must stay calm and go to the hospital in time to seek medical treatment to avoid leaving sequelae. So in daily life, everyone should have a basic understanding of these, so that when an accident occurs, you can clearly distinguish which one it is and take timely treatment measures. So how to judge bone fracture? The following article will introduce it to you.

Judgment method introduction

1. Ask about the injury: including the cause, time, location, body posture and which part of the body touched the ground first. If there is a wound or bleeding, you should also ask about the wound treatment process, whether a tourniquet was used and when the tourniquet was applied.

2. Comprehensive physical examination: pay attention to shock, soft tissue injury, bleeding, and check the size, shape, depth and contamination of the wound. Check whether there are exposed bone ends, injuries to nerves, blood vessels, brain, internal organs, and fractures in other parts of the body. It must be done quickly for seriously injured people.

3. X-ray examination: X-ray examination is of great value in the diagnosis and treatment of fractures: All patients suspected of fractures should undergo routine X-ray examinations, which can reveal incomplete fractures, deep fractures, intra-articular fractures and small avulsion fractures that are difficult to detect clinically. Even if a fracture is obvious clinically, X-ray examination is necessary to help understand the type and specific situation of the fracture, which is of guiding significance for treatment. The following points should be noted:

(1) The fracture is traumatic or pathological.

(2) Whether and how the fracture is displaced.

(3) Whether the fracture alignment is satisfactory and whether reduction is required.

(4) Whether the fracture is fresh or old.

(5) Whether there is any injury to adjacent joints or bones.

The above is the method for judging bone fractures that we have compiled for you. Please learn about it carefully. If a bone fracture occurs, you can check and understand it according to this method. You will not feel panicked or at a loss when you go to a large hospital.