What is not a fragility fracture?

Do not conduct patient screening if the patient sustained a moderate/high trauma (non-fragility) fracture but do provide education on their personal risk factors, calcium and vitamin D intake, physical activity and provide him/her with resource materials as appropriate and as time permits. The focus should be on screening patients who have sustained a low trauma (fragility) fracture.

Only conduct screening on a non-fragility fracture patient at the request of the orthopaedic surgeon and be sure to indicate this on the Baseline Assessment Form.