MED-SURG FINAL Exam UPDATED 2024 | Questions & Answers Correct

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1. s/s of fractures ANS: swelling pallor, ecchymosis, loss of sensation, deformity, pain/or acute tenderness, muscle spasms, abnormal mobility, loss of function, crepitus, shortening of affected li... mb, decreased or absent pulses distal to injury,affected extremity colder than contralateral part 2. Complications of fractures ANS: fat emboli, hermorrhage, delyaed union, nonuion,sepsis compartment syndrome 3. compartment syndrome ANS: high pressure within a muscle compartment of an extremity compromises circulation; pressure may be internal, external; if left un- treated nueromuscular damage occurs within 4-6 hours; limb can become uselesswithin 24-48 hours; will see unrelenting pain out of proportion to injury and unre- lieved by pain medication, decreased pulse strength and pale cool extremity 4. unrelenting pain out of proportion to injury and unrelieved by pain medication ANS: compartment syndrome 5. emergency fracture care ANS: immobilize, cover wound if open fracture, give painmeds [Show More]

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