Scenarios

Scenarios

=Scenario #1 =
 * Chief Complaint:** 14-year-old girl admitted with a broken left leg.


 * History:** Nicole Michaelson, a 14-year-old girl, was skiing when she fell and broke her left leg. As she fell, her left leg got caught under the body of another skier who ran into her. An X-ray revealed that the fracture was a compound, tibial-fibular fracture just below the knee. The X-ray also revealed a torn meniscal cartilage in the knee above the fracture. The girl remained in the hospital for 14 days because of an infection of the leg in the area of skin breakage. Her immobilized leg was casted after the infection subsided. She remained in a full leg-length cast for 3 months, after which the upper portion of the cast was removed and she was allowed to start bearing weight on the leg. The bones ultimately healed, but the girl continued to have left knee swelling ("water on the knee") and pain made worse by walking. Arthroscopic examination of the knee revealed a meniscus that was still torn 6 months after her injury.


 * How WonderCrutch can help:** WonderCrutch would provide her with the accessibility to move around with ease and not put pressure onto that leg with the knee rest. She may not have torn a meniscus because the WonderCrutch provides comfort, support and aid once she needs it. This could prevent her from an extensivce healing process and aid her pain and suffering by a couple of weeks.

=**Scenario #2 ** =
 * How WonderCrutch can help:** The extension and retraction of the crutches will allow for easier mobility especially when getting up from a seated position or sitting down from a standing position. It is extremely difficult to go from a standing position to a seated position with the crutch being fixed at a certain height. The mechanism of retracting the crutch will allow for the needed support to sit down without putting the victim in further risk. The extension will provide support when the user is getting up from a seated position.

=**Scenario #3 ** =
 * How WonderCrutch can help:** All alone and unable to get up? The lifealert button built-in with the WonderCrutch can get you the assistance you need. The emergency button will send cellular signals to Life Alert Emergency response to triangulate your position through cell towers.

http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/ap/ap_casestudies/cases/ap_case05.html
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