1. Broken Bones

2. How Do Bones Break?
Bones are made up of bone cells, proteins, minerals, and calcium.
Your diet has a huge effect on your bones.
Bones bend under some strain and once the pressure is too sudden or too much, they might snap.
When a bone breaks it is called a fracture.

3. Description of Fractures
Doctors describe fractures in the following ways:
Complete fracture
Greenstick fracture
Single fracture
Comminuted fracture
Bending fracture
Open fracture

4. Complete Fracture
Bone is broken into 2 pieces

5. Greenstick Fracture
Bone cracks on one side only

6. Single Fracture
Bone is broken in 1 place

7. Comminuted Fracture
Bone is broken into more than 2 pieces or crushed

8. Bending Fracture
Bone bends, but doesn’t break (only happens to kids)

9. Open Fracture Bone is sticking through skin.
Sometimes called a compound fracture

10. What Happens When You Break A Bone?
It hurts!!!!
You may feel dizzy, woozy, or chilly from the shock.
You may cry.
Some people do not feel any pain right away because of the shock.

11. Important Things to Do When a Bone is Broken…
Stay calm, make sure the hurt person is comfortable, tell an adult.
The worst thing you can do is to move it.
If you are not sure what bone is broken or you think the neck of back is broken, do not try to move the injured person until a trained professional has arrived.

12. What Does the Doctor Do? Determine the type of fracture. Use X-rays.
With breaks in larger bones, the doctor may put a pin in it.
After your bone has been set, the next step is casting.
This will keep the bone in place for 1-3 months.

13. Casts Made of bandages soaked in plaster, fiberglass, or plastic.
Come in many different colors and are sometimes waterproof.

14. How Do Broken Bones Heal?
Natural healers
Produce new cells and tiny blood vessels that rebuild the bone.

15. What Should You Do When the Cast Comes Off?
Your doctor will give you special exercises.
Eat certain foods that are recommended.