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Saturday, June 25, 2011
Looks like chicken
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Saw my first compound fracture. The patient was in a looooottt of pain (probably made worse from the psychological aspect of seeing your bones). The proximal interphalangeal joint of the first digit (aka thumb joint) was dislocated and completely out of the skin. There was a very neat horizontal laceration. It just popped right out of there.
I was struck by the whiteness of the bone. Looked like a chicken bone.
The dislocation was reduced, the lac was sutured, and I think the pt was referred to an orthopedic surgeon and/or plastics for follow up.
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I was struck by the whiteness of the bone. Looked like a chicken bone.
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The dislocation was reduced, the lac was sutured, and I think the pt was referred to an orthopedic surgeon and/or plastics for follow up.
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I cannot imagine seeing my bones. I'm not squeamish, but something tells me that a protruding bone might be the very thing that throws me over the edge.
Where they in agony? It to have been terrible painful!
Cool. How did you get that picture?
It was from a Google search - that's not my pt :)
And yes it was very painful. The guy was asking for drugs as soon as he walked in the door. He was surprisingly good natured about it though!
Ouch! I think I can feel some pain just looking at that photo. I can only imagine my pain level if it was my own bone I was looking at.
Wow. It does look super-duper white. Weird!
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