NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -An open fracture, also called a compound fracture, is a fracture in which there is an open wound or break in the skin near the site of the broken bone. Most often, this wound is caused by a fragment of bone breaking through the skin at the moment of the injury.

Detailed explanation-2: -What makes a fracture “compound” or “open” is when the broken bone pierces your skin. If you happen to fall from a ladder and land on your arm, breaking it, you’ll know it’s a compound fracture if you can see the bone. “Simple” or “closed” fractures don’t break through your skin.

Detailed explanation-3: -An open fracture is an injury where the fractured bone and/or fracture hematoma are exposed to the external environment via a traumatic violation of the soft tissue and skin. The skin wound may lie at a site distant to the fracture and not directly over it.

Detailed explanation-4: -Open or compound fracture – This is a more severe break in which the broken bone breaks through or into the skin.

Detailed explanation-5: -A simple fracture is a bone that is broken in two pieces while a complex fracture is broken into more than two pieces. Another source of confusion stems from the difference between a closed fracture and a compound fracture. A closed fracture remains underneath the skin. A compound fracture pierces through the skin.