$proximal humerus fracture$

$proximal humerus fracture$

So, your best bet is to take those rings off right away. Combined with the swelling, the pain of an unstabilized broken bone makes it next to impossible to tug on your finger enough to take them off. When you break a shoulder (or any bone), or even dislocate it, you will have a lot of swelling and bruising.īy the time I was actually seen by an ER doctor about four hours after my fall, my arm and fingers had swollen so much that I could barely take off my rings for the xrays. When they reached me, the emergency responders doubled checked again before helping me to sit up. Turns out that I could not move my left arm on its own, but everything else felt normal. So, I tried moving my arm slowly to see I could move it and how much pain I had. I had fallen on my left shoulder and that really hurt. I knew I hadn’t hit my head (so grateful for that!). Trying to move too soon could be risking further injury if you don’t realize how badly you are hurt. The first instinct after a fall is to try to get up, but you shouldn’t move until you at least do a mental assessment of your injuries. I declined being transported, instead electing to have my husband come pick me up and take me to the ER nearer our home. As it happened, they had been walking into the store to get some snacks when someone saw them and pointed them in my direction.Īfter helping me sit up and checking me over, they (and I) felt my shoulder needed further examination. Two EMT’s showed up in less than two minutes. I had never had a broken bone, so I didn’t have a comparison. The second I hit the floor, I knew I’d done some damage, although I wasn’t sure if I had broken my left shoulder or simply dislocated it. I simply caught the edge of my shoe and tripped. There was nothing around me and the floor wasn’t wet.

$proximal humerus fracture$

Proximal humerus fracture