From what I've heard, after any bone break, especially a big bone (leg, etc..) a clot is a big risk. Now in the hospital, after anyone has any orthopedic surgery, we get written up for sending anyone to the floor with out SCD's, which are pumps that you put on the pt's legs and they constrict the legs every few seconds to keep the blood flowing adequately, when someone is not up and moving around. Kind of like, if you have a blood clot, it's not on our watch.

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