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Skeletal traction is used to treat fractures of long bones like the femur, tibia, humerus, and bones of the cervical spine. It involves inserting a metal pin or wire into the broken bone and attaching it to a traction apparatus to immobilize the bone during healing.
Skeletal traction is used to treat fractures of long bones like the femur, tibia, humerus, and bones of the cervical spine. It involves inserting a metal pin or wire into the broken bone and attaching it to a traction apparatus to immobilize the bone during healing.
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Skeletal traction is used to treat fractures of long bones like the femur, tibia, humerus, and bones of the cervical spine. It involves inserting a metal pin or wire into the broken bone and attaching it to a traction apparatus to immobilize the bone during healing.
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tibia, the humerus, and the cervical spine. • The traction is applied directly to the bone by use of a metal pin or wire inserted into or through the bone or by tongs inserted into the skull. • The pin, wire, or tong is then attached to the traction apparatus. Assessment Patient Nursing Rationale problems Intervention a) Assess the a) Patient may a) Monitor vital signs a) Patient postoperative develop and lab reports of free from wound, for infection. WBC’s. infection. patients b) Patient b) Patient’s underwent prone to wound surgical get heals repair. i) Use sterile pressure fast. technique for sore and dressing i) Assess any infection. changes. break in skin ii) Assess wound for integrity. size, color, discharge. ii) Assess signs iii) Administer of infection, antibiotics- due to prophylactic for insertion of 24 hours, per foreign physician’s order. bodies (pins, Assessment Patient Nursing Rationale problems Intervention b) Assess factors b) The potential a) Monitor vital a) To lessen which may problem of signs. pain at causing or pain due to b) Move client gently site. contributing to soft tissue & slowly to b) Patient pain and damage prevent feel general muscle with muscle development of comfort- wasting due to spasm & severe muscle able. immobility. swelling. spasm. c) Encourage distraction, deep breathing & relaxation may lessen the pain. Assessment Patient Nursing Rationale problems Intervention c) Assess c) Patient’s c) Teach and assist c) To impaired normal patient with ROM maintain physical gait and exercises of the strength& mobility. mobility unaffected limbs. joint function. altered. i) Encourage i) Turning & i) Patient will ambulation when shifting need to able ; provide weight use assistance. increase assistive ii) Teach patient to circulation & devices – shift his or her help prevent slings, weight, every skin canes, hour. breakdown. crutches. iii) Teach and ii) Proper use observe the of patient’s use of asst.devices assistive devices. need for safe ambulation ; prevent loss of joint Assessment Patient Nursing Rationale problems Intervention
d) Assess d) Patient may d) Assess pain, pallor, d) To prevent
compartment experience diminished distal incident of syndrome or impaired pulses, DVT / deep vein circulation. paresthesia and thrombophleb thrombosis. paresis, every 1 itis. to 2 hours. D(i) i) Apply thigh-high Ambulation elastic (TED) maintains and stockings to the improves legs, observe legscirculation, for helps prevent thrombophlebitis muscle or DVT. atrophy, DVT. ii) Encourage passive exercises& ambulate if possible. Assessment Patient Nursing Rationale problems Intervention e) Assess e) Patient may e) Avoid dehydration e) Enable constipation & develop ; provide 2 patient to urinary constipatio litres /day fluid defecate& retention due to n and intake. empty the immobility. urinary e(i) Provide high bladder tract fibre food ; without infection, encourage feeling due to family to bring in discomfort. retention. fruits, fruit juices & cereals. (ii) Give privacy when using bedpan / urinal. Baby Sanggari Sandhya S.Vigneswari D.Gayathre Lokes K.Gayathiri Suga Clothiel Shalini Aarthi