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Emergency Medicine Test Prep

Category - Orthopedic Trauma

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A 30 year old patient was brought to the emergency department with history of fall from the roof without stretched limb the left upper limb is fractured you noticed that the humerus was visible and the wound penetrated the skin you classified this as an open fracture you are going to start management of this open fracture which one of the following will you keep in mind while managing open fractures ?
  1. Immobilize the patient upper limb
  2. IV Antibiotics
  3. Control of bleeding
  4. All of these
Explanation
Answer: D - In Management of open fractures After ATLS the next step is control of bleeding as the wound is open so there are chances of bacterial infection for this reason IV antibiotics are given as in all cases of fracture immobilization is necessary so the fracture site is immobilized this help in fast healing of the fracture bones.
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