skin and may stick out. * Hairline fracture. In which the bone does not separate because the line of break is so fine and only partially fractured. These fractures can be difficult to detect on x-rays. * Simple fracture. This is when your injury causes a single crack across the bone. * Complex fracture. These are also called spiral fractures due to their shape. They are caused by a twisting movement. Fractures in long bones‚ such as your thigh bone (femur) are often spiral fractures.
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One of the worst injuries that has ever occurred to me was having my fingers burned by extremely hot water. It was a cold‚ dark day at 7:31pm‚ and it was just me‚ my older brother‚ Gideon‚ and my younger brother‚ Theodore. I was 9 years old‚ Theodore was 2 years old‚ and Gideon was 12 years old. Every day I would drink some hot tea‚ because I tended to be extremely sensitive to the cold. And when I say sensitive‚ I am talking about that if I was drinking regular temperature water‚ I would be shivering
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Casual Factors in Road and Traffic Related Injuries Driving is an important task and responsibility that teenagers take on when they receive their learners license‚ mainly at the age of 16. Each year‚ a great number of Australians lose their lives or are badly injured in road accidents. Sadly‚ young people are over-represented in road trauma statistics. Despite making up only 15% of drivers‚ young drivers represent around 36% of annual road fatalities. A 17 year old driver with a P1 license is
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Have you ever had the flu? If you have you know all the symptoms like headaches‚ sore throat‚ dizziness‚ and vomiting. The symptoms are miserable! What if one day you decided to take a nice swim in Lake Erie‚ and a couple hours after swimming these symptoms started occurring? Im sure you would not be happy! In the article “See Striking New Images of Algae Blooms in the Great Lakes” by Mia Tramz (Time Magazine) said‚ “Lake Erie is In danger of dying by suffocation‚ said‚and only we can stop it.”
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DOI: 3/21/2016. Patient is a 48-year old male who sustained a work related injury when his shoelace got caught in the wheel of cart then twisted left knee. The patient was subsequently diagnosed with other tear of medial meniscus‚ current injury‚ left knee‚ initial encounter. MRI of the left lower extremity joint without contrast dated 4/14/16 revealed nondisplaced flap tear of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus‚ intrameniscal cysts‚ and partial tear of the posterior root attachment; grade
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Problem and Goal to be achieved. Brief description of the case Gene Elliot finds himself in a cobweb of different companies acting as employers‚ permanent or temporary and working on the same project‚ directly or indirectly. Having sustained grave injuries at workplace he sues two companies demanding $2.4 mn in settlement. The companies are trying to shrug off the responsibility by referring to different clauses outlined by the law. As the amount is not even contested‚ goal is to find which organization
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ICW 6-Injury and Illness 2.1 Following on from last week’s workshop‚ complete the following table. You need to identify 6 different childhood illnesses along with any signs and symptoms. Illness Signs and symptoms 1 Chicken Pox Before developing a rash‚ there may be some mild flu like symptoms. The rash normally appears behind the ears‚ on the face‚ scalp‚ under arms‚ on chest and stomach‚ and arms and legs. The rash starts as small itchy‚ red spots. After approximately 12 to 14 hours
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Injury Beyond Repair Destruction is the act of an object being destroyed or injured beyond repair‚ it something that can cause great distress. The act of destruction can come in many forms‚ but for Hiroshima and Nagasaki it came in the form of an atomic bomb. In George Orwell’s 1984 it came as the bombing were the Proles live as well as Winston going against the Party. The events in Japan as well as in 1984 can teach that certain actions taken can lead to destruction. The constant fighting between
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Dementia awareness -CU238P What is dementia? Dementia is a gradual loss of brain functions. The most common form of dementia is caused by Alzheimer’s disease but there are many other forms of dementia including: alcohol related dememtias‚vascular dementia‚ frontotemporal dementias and Lewy body dementia. Key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia. Each case of dementia is different. The area of the brain affected will depend on the type of dementia. Dementia can affect every
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DOI: 03/16/2011. This is a case of 53-year old female executive assistant who sustained a work-related injury to her right forearm and elbow from repetitive typing. The patient was subsequently diagnosed with right elbow pain and right hand pain. MRI od cervical spine dated 9/15/14 (no official report) revealed disc spur complex at C3-4‚ C4-5‚ C5-6‚ and C6-7; moderate central stenosis at C3-4‚ C4-5‚ and C5-6; mild central stenosis at C6-7; small disc protrusion in the lateral recesses bilaterally
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