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nursing care for pelvic Fx? - ✅✅BLEEDING!!!!!!! ( what do. wedo for this )
careful handling
asses NV status
monitor for injury to pelvic organs
What is done for a pelvic Fx? - ✅✅peritoneal lavage
immobilization/stabilization
CT, XR
How does a Hip Fx present? - ✅✅shortened, adducted, externally rotated leg
,muscle spasm, positioning resistance, pain
ecchymosis
What do we do for Hip Fx? - ✅✅Hip precautions
(no bending less than 90 degree angle
pillow between legs
How do we recognize a femoral Fx? - ✅✅inability to move hip and knee
deformed and painful thigh
edema
What is nursing management for femoral Fx? - ✅✅monitor NV status
pain control
,Fx reduction
skeletal traction
early mobilization
What are complications for femoral Fx? - ✅✅shock (lots of bleeding, big vessels
in thighs)
knee effusion (ligament damage) (instability of knee joint)
What does emergency nursing management include? - ✅✅OPEN:
covering with sterile dressings
ABX (if open)
traction
ice
immobilization
CLOSED:
, control pain/edema
maintain traction
What do we do after reduction? - ✅✅immobilization after reduction
internal or external fixation
ice!!
elevate
What are Fx early complications? - ✅✅hypovolemic shock r/t hemorrhage
must stabilize Fx and restore circulation
VTE, DVT, PE
DIC
Infection