Dealing With Mountain Biking Fractures

Unfortunately, broken bones (fractures) are common phenomenon when among those gallivanting abroad (please gallivant where legal). Almost everything outside is harder and more resistant to breakage of the bones (trees, rocks and earth, for example). There are two major types of broken bones: simple and complex.

Compound fracture

There is a complex fracture, where the bones protruding through the skin (gross), or when the integrity of the skin is broken over the area of broken bone, regardless of whether you can see la bone. This does not apply to small cuts or abrasions to fractures. The only real difference between the senior management of simple and compound fractures, compound fractures which can be more easily infected.

Simple fractures

I bet it is figurative. Yes, they are simple fractures without bone and are not exposed to a large tear at the site of fracture.

TIP PREVENTION

Talk to your bones before each departure. Instill in them is important not to break.

On more practical PREVENTION

Because fractures are compounds are expected as a result of an accident and not expected to be familiar with the possibilities of falling (or fallen) and take all precautions to avoid falls.

TREATMENT

What are you doing when your friend breaks leg? First, take a few deep breath and try not to make their way to the mix, because the vision of artificial limbs in flexion angles and the sound was broken bones in other networks can be really nauseating. As always, that "ABC" (A - airway, B - Breathing C - movement, then the victim (or yourself, himself) in a safe, warm and dry, and organized injured area so that the pain is least. Immediately after the bone is broken, the body launched a massive security response, which leads to swelling around the area. This represents eons of evolution - attempted self - if the bus. If it is not clear, may be the main indication that a fracture . Then you need to find in the injured area and part (with fracture of the limbs) to the fingers of the hands or feet. This is because sometimes a broken bone may be displaced persons - no, not in place.

Desplazados means that the broken bone fragments are no longer normally makes alignment. This can cause broken fragment to kink, block, or even cut off the blood vessels in the limbs.