Principles of fracture reduction

Duration: 0:33:00

Genre: Educational | Medical (Nonfiction) | Training

Creator: Department of Medicine & Surgery: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Presents, using live photography and animation, six basic principles of fracture reduction; how each principle can be applied; how knowledge of these principles can be used in actual situations without the use of equipment readily available in hospitals. Demonstrates methods of reduction on individual fractures by traction, countertraction, and suspension. A doctor applying fracture reduction principles in an isolated rural area illustrates their usefulness when proper equipment is unavailable.

Complete Record: , Presents, using live photography and animation, six basic principles of fracture reduction; how each principle can be applied; how knowledge of these principles can be used in actual situations without the use of equipment readily available in hospitals. Demonstrates methods of reduction on individual fractures by traction, countertraction, and suspension. A doctor applying fracture reduction principles in an isolated rural area illustrates their usefulness when proper equipment is unavailable.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.