General Splinting
This is the main purpose of a splint.
Answer: What is immobilizing an injured extremity?
This rigid splint is commonly used for arm and leg injuries.
Answer: What is a board splint?
A sling is commonly used to support this body part.
Answer: What is the arm
These injuries often require padding before splinting.
Answer: What are lower leg fractures?
You arrive to find a patient with a deformed forearm but good circulation. Your first splinting step is this.
Answer: What is manually stabilizing the injury?
Before applying a splint, you should check this pulse assessment.
Answer: What is a distal pulse?
This splint molds around an extremity when air is removed.
Answer: What is a vacuum splint?
A sling should position the hand slightly higher than this joint.
Answer: What is the elbow?
Severe Pain, swelling, numbness in the lower leg after injury may indicate this emergency condition?
Answer: What is compartment syndrome.
A patient has an open tibia fracture. Before splinting, you should do this.
Answer: What is cover the wound with a sterile dressing?
A splint should immobilize the injury as well as these two joints.
Answer: What are the joints above and below the injury?
This soft splint can be shaped into many different forms.
Answer: What is a SAM splint?
After applying a sling, this additional device helps secure the arm against the chest.
Answer: What is a swathe?
A traction splint should not be used if this area is fractured.
Answer: What is the pelvis or hip?
A patient complains of increased pain after splinting. You should do this.
Answer: What is reassess the splint and circulation?
This can happen if a splint is applied too tightly.
Answer: What is impaired circulation?
This type of splint uses the patient's own body for support.
Answer: What is an anatomical splint?
(Buddy Splint acceptable)
When splinting a wrist injury, the hand should usually be placed in this position.
Answer: What is the position of function?
A patient involved in a motorcycle crash has a femur fracture, unstable pelvis, and a suspected knee injury. Because of these injuries, this device should not be used?
Answer: What is a traction splint.
What does SAM stand for?
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This is the first priority ( after scene safety) if a patient has life-threatening bleeding and a possible fracture.
Answer: What is controlling the bleeding?
This special splint is used only for isolated mid-shaft femur fractures.
Answer: What is a hare traction splint?
This assessment should be repeated before and after every splint application.
Answer: What is checking PMS (Pulse, Motor, Sensation)?
This is a sign that circulation may be compromised after splinting.
Answer: What are pale, cold, or pulseless toes?
An EMT is splinting a suspected tibia fracture. Before splinting, the foot has a pulse. After splinting, the pulse is absent and the foot is cool. What should the EMT do?
Answer:
What is loosen/reassess the splint and immediately restore circulation according to protocol?