title: Nurse-aid management of fractures: 1.
abstract: Fractures occur in the bones of any age group, even the newborn, and are caused in any number of different ways. This article is the first in a three-part series that will examine the causes and types of fractures, the symptoms and presenting factors, nurse-aid intervention and the healing process.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D005392:First Aid; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D016530:Orthopedic Nursing