Topic: Road accidents and first aid · Nº 450 / 626
¿Qué deberá de hacer ante una fractura en un accidente de tráfico?
What should you do with a fracture in a road accident?
- AReducir la fractura.Set the fracture (put the bone back in place).
- BInmovilizar la zona de la fractura sujetando los extremos.Immobilise the area of the fracture by holding the ends.
- CElevar el miembro afectado por la fractura.Raise the limb with the fracture.
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Correct answer
- BInmovilizar la zona de la fractura sujetando los extremos.Immobilise the area of the fracture by holding the ends.
Explanation
With a fracture you must: - cover the wound and stop the bleeding in open or complicated fractures; - not set the fracture (do not put the bone back in place); - immobilise the area of the fracture by holding the ends.
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