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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

Yes.  Sets up an ideal environment for infection.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mogrits" <mogrits AT gmail.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Anti-hospital Rant


> > And, you are correct about clots, etc.  Further, every P & P (policy and
> > procedure manual and all hospitals have them) that I've ever seen calls 
> > for
> > *immediate* treatment of a compound fracture!  That doesn't mean wait two
> > days, that means getting an orth surgeon called in to do emergency 
> > surgery!
> > This is particularly important in the elder when blood flow is a problem 
> > and
> > the longer you wait the more likely you are to further compromise their
> > circulation.
> >
> > Lynda
>
> I missed the part about a compound fracture. Isn't that where the bone
> breaks the skin?
>
> Warren
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