Classification of Injuries

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Classification of Injuries
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• What is the difference between a strain and a
  sprain?

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Strain

• A stretch, tear, or rip in the muscle or muscle
  tendons.
• a muscle pull

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Sprain

• A traumatic joint twist that results in
  stretching or tearing of ligaments and joint
  capsules

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Most common sprain the ankle

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Contusion

• Bleeding underneath the skin that results from a
  direct blow
• A BRUISE

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Fracture

• A break in a bone

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Classification of Fractures

• Closed broken bone that does not break through
  the skin

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• Open bone breaks through the skin

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Operative Treatment
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• Greenstick an incomplete break in the bone

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• Impacted broken ends of bones are wedged into
  each other

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• Comminuted bone breaks into several fragments

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• Spiral due to twisting, the break is ragged

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Signs and Symptoms of Fractures

• Pain at fracture site
• Sound or sensation of something breaking
• Crepitation grating or grinding sound
• Deformity swelling, protrusion, limb shortening
• Loss of function does not always accompany a
  fracture

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First Aid for Fractures

• Protect injured area
• Splint
• - only if no increase in pain
• - in position you find it
• - immobilize joint above and below fracture

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• Check for proper circulation distally
• No pulse Medical Emergency
• 3. Control bleeding if open wound

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Dislocations

• A displacement of the continuous surfaces of a
  joint

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Bursitis

• An inflammation of a bursa sac
• Bursa- a fluid-containing sac that reduces
  friction between a 2 surfaces

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Tendinitis

• Inflammation of a tendon
• Tendon connective tissue that connects a muscle
  to a bone

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Common Treatment for Injuries

• RICE
• R rest
• I ice
• C compression
• E elevation