Fracture Bed: As its name implies, fracture bed is specially designed for patients with bone fractures and dislocations. It is usually orthopedic bed with overhead frame for traction apparatus.
Traction is a term, which is defined as pulling or giving pressure. Usually fractured parts are supported with slings and woody stripes to prevent mobility to give time to bone healing.
These frames are designed to support fractured parts. In addition fracture bed is made firm by fracture board which is a plain board kept under the mattress to ease the mobility of patient. Because patients having fractures need prolonged rest and immobility, nurse should provide water bags or sand bags to prevent pressure sores.
Bedpan should be provided near the bed or if patient with upper limb fracture can walk, bed should be near to washroom and toilet. Bones are very fragile and in broken state, they easily acquire infection from clothing and other objects so strict sterilization of bed sheets and other objects near the bed is very necessary otherwise infections can be lethal.
Nurse should provide small dining table over the bed to serve meals. Extra pillows should be given to support different parts of body.
In this page, we are going to discuss about fracture bed and symptoms, diagnosis and treatment in Urdu and Roman Hindi for the people of Pakistan and India.