Contemporary Nursing

In recent years, with the increasing incidence of traffic and industrial accidents, the prevalence of orthopedic diseases such as fractures has shown a year-on-year upward trend. Concurrently, the aging population in China continues to accelerate, with a higher proportion of elderly patients in orthopedic departments, often comorbid with underlying conditions such as hypertension and diabetes. Limited limb mobility and prolonged treatment cycles expose these patients to numerous safety risks during recovery. According to statistics, the incidence of adverse events during orthopedic hospitalization can reach 8%–12%, including pressure ulcers, infections, and deep vein thrombosis (DVT). These not only increase patient suffering and medical expenses but may also exacerbate conditions, prolong rehabilitation periods, and even threaten life and health. To ensure medical safety and improve healthcare quality, clinical practice has adopted risk warning and safety management strategies for orthopedic patients. The former involves identifying potential risk factors, assessing and monitoring them to achieve early prediction of orthopedic adverse events, while the latter entails formulating targeted risk intervention measures based on risk warnings to effectively control and prevent risks. Through long-term clinical practice and research in orthopedics, domestic and international scholars have achieved significant progress in constructing risk warning models for fracture patients and optimizing safety management strategies. Based on this, the article comprehensively reviews relevant domestic and international literature, analyzes common safety risk types in orthopedic patients, summarizes the construction methods of the risk management system for orthopedic patients, and explores risk management strategies for orthopedic patients. The aim is to provide theoretical support and practical guidance for clinical nursing in orthopedics, reduce the incidence of adverse events in orthopedics, and offer concrete safeguards for patient medical safety.

Orthopedics; Risk warning; Safety management