Splint

Principle splint
1. Make a splint in which the injured limb (the victim should not be moved until the splint). Victims with suspected fractures safer litters transferred to emergency medical treatment after injury action, the dressing and splint.
2. Perform well on suspicion broken splint bone, so do not need to be ascertained whether or not there was a broken bone. The possibility of fractures should always consider each case of accident due to a hard crash. If there is doubt, treat as a fracture.
Signs and symptoms of broken bones:
· The wheel marks on the body force that allegedly occurred fractures: swelling, bruising, pain.
· Pain axis: if given a direction parallel to the pressure with a broken bone will give great pain to the patient.
· Deformities: when compared with the healthy bone looks are not the same shape and length.
· The broken bone may not work properly or at all can not be used again.
3. Passed at least two neighboring joints.

Procedure splint
1. Prepare more tools
2. When people develop an open fracture, stop the bleeding and treat wounds by closing with a sterile cloth and wrapped.
3. Splint should include two joints of the bones were broken. Before installed, measured previously in healthy joints.
4. Splint wrapped with a bandage before use. Wearing pads between the broken parts to prevent damage to skin tissue, blood vessels, nerves or stress, especially in parts of the body is a bone protrusion.
5. Splint with straps binding cloth (may be fabric, clothes, coupling, etc.) starting from the top and bottom fracture. Each bond must not be crossed directly over the fracture. Node falls on the surface of the bond splint, not on the surface of the body which in the splint.
6. Ties do not be too hard or loose. Bond must be sufficient in number to the entire body of the broken parts are not moving.
7. If it allows members of the motion is raised after the splint.
8. Shoes, bracelets, watches and tools necessary removable straps.

Destination splint
1. Prevent movement / shift of the end of a broken bone.
2. Reduce the occurrence of new injury around the broken bone.
3. Giving a break on broken limbs.
4. Relieve pain.
5. Accelerate healing

Several kinds of splint:
1. Hard splint.
Generally made of wood, aluminum, cardboard, plastic or other material strong and light. Basically a splint is the best and perfect in an emergency. The difficulty is to find materials that meet the requirements in the field.
Example: a wooden splint, air splint, vacuum splint.
2. Traction splint.
Splint and varied forms so depending on the make, only used by specially trained personnel, generally used on a broken thigh bone.
Example: femur traction splint
2. Traction splint.
Splint and varied forms so depending on the make, only used by specially trained personnel, generally used on a broken thigh bone.
Example: femur traction splint
3. Splint improvisation.
Splint is made with materials strong enough and light to support. Making depends on the material available and the helper’s ability to improvise.
Examples: magazines, newspapers, cardboard and others.
4. Sling / splint and bandage.
splint with a bandage, generally used a triangle of cloth and use the patient’s body as a means to stop the movement of the injury.
Example: sling arms.

General guidelines splint
Splint with a splint or improvised, must still follow the general guidelines.
As far as possible inform the patient plan of action.
Before splint described throughout the care of injured and bleeding, if any.
Always open or free clothing in the area before the splint joints, open fractures of jewelry in the area or in the distal.
Value-motion sensation-circulation (GSS) at the distal injury before making a splint.
Prepare more equipment.
Do not attempt to change the position of the injured part. Strive splint in position when found.
Do not try to put the broken bone.
Splint should include two joints of the bones were broken. Before the first set was measured at the limbs of healthy patients.
When an injury occurs in the joints, the splint bone joints flanking it. Strive also splint distal joints.
Cover splint with soft material, if possible.
Fill in the blanks between the splint body with a coating material.
Ties do not be too hard and not loose.
Ties should be sufficient in number, starting from the many moving joints, and joints of the bones were broken.
Splint done, back GSS examination, compared with the first examination of GSS.
Do not splint excessive.