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Musculoskeletal System | Nurse Practitioner (NP) School Study Aid
Sizing Crutches
- 3 Finger Widths
- 6 Inches Lateral From Heel
- 30 Degree Flexion
- Tripod Position
1 min
Hip Fracture
- Assessment
- External Rotation
- Muscle Spasms
- Shortened Leg
- Pain
- Interventions
- Buck's Traction
- Analgesics
- Surgery
- Considerations
- Avascular Necrosis
1 min
Compartment Syndrome Assessment
- Mechanism
- Trauma
- Increased Pressure
- Compressed Nerves and Blood Vessels
- Assessment
- 1 or more of 6 P's
- Ankle-Brachial Index (ABI)
- Considerations
- May take Days to develop
- Early Detection
- Ischemia
- Damage often Irreversible
2 mins
Compartment Syndrome Interventions
- Interventions
- Frequent Neurovascular Assessments
- Evaluate Pain
- Do Not Elevate Extremity
- Remove or Loosen Restrictive Items
- Fasciotomy
- Amputation
- Considerations
- Infection
- Monitor Urine Output
2 mins
Unhappy Triad
- Lateral Force on Knee with Planted Foot
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament
- Medial Collateral Ligament
- Medial Meniscus
- Diagnosis and Treatment
- Pain and Swelling of Knee
- Knee Instability
- MRI
- Surgery
4 mins
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation
- Axillary Nerve Damage
- Axillary Artery
- Rotator Cuff Injury
- Supraspinatus Tendon
- Anterior Glenohumeral Ligament
- Anatomic Lesions
- Bankart's Lesion
- Hill-Sachs Lesion
1 min
SLAP Lesions
- Mechanism of Injury
- FOOSH (Falling on Outstretched Hand)
- Repetitive/Forceful Throwing Motions
- Lifting Heavy Weight
- Populations most affected
- Athletes in Repetitive Throwing Sports
- People Older than 40 Years of Age
- Clinical Presentation
- Clicking and Popping Sound with Shoulder Movement
- Anterior Shoulder Pain
- Dead Arm Syndrome
- Shoulder Instability
2 mins
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