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Civilian Emergency Platform
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Older adult fell and has severe hip or groin pain, leg shortened or rotated.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NOT EXPERT REVIEWED — NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Cannot bear weight, excruciating hip pain, fell onto side.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Trying to stand then collapsing again.
Scene hazards: Long lie, Secondary fall trying to stand
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Stop them standing — "We wait for ambulance."
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112 — hip fracture suspected, age.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Support leg with rolled blankets between knees without forcing straight.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Offer sips water if alert unless surgery soon — follow dispatcher.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112. Unable to walk after fall, hip pain, anticoagulants.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Prepare ID and medication list for ER.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Orthopedic emergency — operative vs medical management hospital decision.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Watch pressure areas if floor wait — pad heels.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT traction or rotate leg to "look normal."
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT drive private car over bumps — pain and displacement.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Strong elders can walk off a hip fracture with help
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Weight-bearing attempts drive bone ends through vessels — excruciating and dangerous.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Internal bleeding and displacement walking to car.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Hip fracture pain often groin not side — leg may look short externally rotated.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Mortality rises with delay and long lie complications.