complete the Case Study exercise below. Read the scenario and answers the I questions. Your 80-year-old grandmother, Tess, while putting dishes up on a shelf, fell off a step stool and was unable to get up. She activated her medical lifeline and the emergency medical team arrived at the scene. They noticed her right leg was abducted and she was complaining of pain in her right leg and hip. Tess was taken to the emergency department, where an X-ray revealed that the neck of her right femur was fractured. Further X-rays revealed a reduced bone mass in her right hip, femur, and vertebrae. Surgery was done to repair the hip. Your grandmother is now recuperating and having physical therapy treatment daily. 1. What organ and body system were affected by the injury? 2. Name the type of tissue involved and the cells responsible for healing. 3. The physician says she will do an open reduction to repair Tess's hip. Explain the process of an open reduction. 4. What disease condition did the X-ray of the vertebrae reveal? 5. What is the significance of your grandmother's age and gender? 6. What other body systems may be affected by the fall? 7. What will the role of the physical therapist be in your grandmother's rehabilitation? 8. Name the test that might have revealed the disease condition. 9. What measures can be taken to prevent osteoporosis? 10. What limitations will your grandmother have after her rehabilitation?
complete the Case Study exercise below. Read the scenario and answers the I questions.
Your 80-year-old grandmother, Tess, while putting dishes up on a shelf, fell off a step stool and was
unable to get up. She activated her medical lifeline and the emergency medical team arrived at the scene.
They noticed her right leg was abducted and she was complaining of pain in her right leg and hip. Tess
was taken to the
emergency department, where an X-ray revealed that the neck of her right femur was fractured. Further
X-rays revealed a reduced bone mass in her right hip, femur, and vertebrae. Surgery was done to repair
the hip. Your grandmother is now recuperating and having physical therapy treatment daily.
1. What organ and body system were affected by the injury?
2. Name the type of tissue involved and the cells responsible for healing.
3. The physician says she will do an open reduction to repair Tess's hip. Explain the process of an open
reduction.
4. What disease condition did the X-ray of the vertebrae reveal?
5. What is the significance of your grandmother's age and gender?
6. What other body systems may be affected by the fall?
7. What will the role of the physical therapist be in your grandmother's rehabilitation?
8. Name the test that might have revealed the disease condition.
9. What measures can be taken to prevent osteoporosis?
10. What limitations will your grandmother have after her rehabilitation?
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