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CPSS: Fx, Casting, Splinting
Summer II 2011
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Medical
Graduate
08/08/2011

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Term
What is the MCC of Fx?
Definition
Trauma
Term
Type of fx described as bone is broken but the skin is not lacerated?
Definition
Closed fx
Term
Type of fx described as skin may be pierced by the bone or by a blow that breaks the skin at the time of the fracture?
Definition
Open or compound fx
Term
Type of fx described as fracture that is at right angles to the long axis of the bone?
Definition
Transverse fx
Term
Type of fx described as fracture on one side of the bone, causing a bend on the other side of the bone?
Definition
Greenstick fx
Term
Type of fx described as fracture that results in three or more bone fragments?
Definition
Comminuted fx
Term
What are the contraindications to casting?
Definition
Massive swelling
Infections
Open wounds
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