What is a patient Information sheet and what does it look like?

I have an a assignment for my medical terminology class.Im suppose to write a patient information sheet describing types of fractures I see at teh Orthopedics office that I manage.And I don't know what one is or what it is or what it looks like.Can someone please help me.What is a patient Information sheet and what does it look like?Easy to give you real life examples of these.



Go to http://www.patient.co.uk/



Enter any disease or condition you are interested in. This site is ALL about patient information sheets and are the EXACT sheets, from the EXACT site, that we give to patients every day in the doctors offices.



Hope this helps!What is a patient Information sheet and what does it look like?There's different classifications depending on type of fracture, if it's conbimed with a luxation or a very specific bone is affected.



Simple fractures (1 bone, 1 spot)

Combined fractures (more than 1 bone)

Combined fractures in polytrauma means more than 2 fractures that requires surgery.

Fissure fracture (affects growth metaphysis, common in children. There's 5 types designated on the Salter-Harris scale with 5 the worst kind because the entire metaphysis is destroyed and hence that bone will stop growing. Heals in just 3 weeks in kids. I have a hard time spotting them in x-rays cuse they are so small).

Twig fracture (bone twists from a rotation reaction. Common in children, heals quickly without surgery).

Conminute fracture (multiple almost invisible pieces).

Multiple fracture (large fractures that break into severa pieces)

Helicoidal fracture (type of combined fracture that affects to bones that are together. Could cause nerve damage if the external popliteal nerve is damaged from a proximal tibial-peroneal fracture).



Fractures affect epiphysis, metaphysis or diaphysis which could be proximal, medial or distal. Fractures could be recurvatum or anterecurvatum, valgus or varus (use anatomical human arm position when describing this, I got whooped in an exam from this).



Xertain fractures always accompany articular luxations: Galeazzi, Monteggia or Weber. Luxating a knee always requires a fracture.



Exposed fractures always require surgery.



Not all fractures require surgery, depends on type, cause and age of the person. Some surgeries are only done if nerves could be damaged if no teratment is done. Treatment varies with each fracture and even surgeries vary greatly on a specific case.



I'd explain more, but I'm both sleepy and is probably to specialty specific for what you need. Oh, and wikipedia sucks on orthopedics.What is a patient Information sheet and what does it look like?Well here are types pf fractures:

A fracture is a break in a bone. There are many different types of fractures and they can behave quite differently.

A buckle or torus fracture is an injury to the bone that buckles, bends, or twists the bone without cracking through the outer layer. A greenstick fracture bends a long bone enough to crack one side, but not the other, rather like bending a green piece of wood. A complete fracture breaks a bone through –and through. It is “displaced” if the two ends no longer line up well. It is “non-displaced” if the two ends remain in a good position for healing. In a closed fracture, the overlying skin is intact; in an open or compound fracture, the bone sticks through the skin. An avulsion fracture is one where a bit of bone is pulled off. Salter fractures, or epiphyseal fractures, are those that involve the growth plates of the bone. These are divided into five subtypes that require different types of treatment. (drgreene.com)

Maybe you can use the info to create senarios for each fracture type.

The website for a sample patient information sheet:

www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/36…