Open fractures

Duration: 0:23:52

Genre: Educational | Medical (Nonfiction)

Year Published: 1959

Creator: Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | Veterans Administration Department of Medicine and Surgery: Presenter

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Explains, using live photography and animation, the potential dangers that may result from an open fracture and the steps to follow in treating a patient with an open fracture. Points out the dangers of infection which may delay healing and result in disabilities; loss of blood which may lead to shock; and soft tissue damage to skin and muscle around the wound. Shows procedures followed in cleansing, bone-setting, and closing the wound using an actual patient. Diagrams are used to show possible errors in bone-setting and closing the wound which may lead to infection.

Complete Record: , Explains, using live photography and animation, the potential dangers that may result from an open fracture and the steps to follow in treating a patient with an open fracture. Points out the dangers of infection which may delay healing and result in disabilities; loss of blood which may lead to shock; and soft tissue damage to skin and muscle around the wound. Shows procedures followed in cleansing, bone-setting, and closing the wound using an actual patient. Diagrams are used to show possible errors in bone-setting and closing the wound which may lead to infection.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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