Thank you suggestion! That's an excellent idea.
Even after you treat it, see a professional as soon as possible.
What to do:
- If possible, wear gloves or plastic bags to protect yourself from diseases.
- Try to work on and use the injured area as little as possible.
- Treat major bleeding first.
- Check to make sure they're breathing and their heart is beating.
- Check for other injuries, (they may be masked by clothing)
- Don't set it yourself (unless you're a doctor). Stabilize it the best you can until you can get it looked at.
- Try to immobilize the broken area. If you're alone with the victim, that will have to wait until after the splint.
- If there's lots major swelling, numbness and discoloration that may be a sign of a severed major blood vessel. In that case, have the person rest and give them lots of fluids.
- Check to see if they can move fingers, toes or whatever's below the break. Can they feel your hand under the break? Are they numb? Do they have a pulse?
- To splint:
- Get some thick sticks, poles or get creative. If possible have them the same length as the afflicted limb. Or at least of the hurt area.
- Find something to tie the braces to the limb. (Bandanas, handkerchiefs, ect. Get creative.)
- Put your braces next to the broken limb and put the ties under it. Don't place them on the joints or the wound.
- Consider putting a little padding between the splint and the body. Don't waste time on it though.
- Start away from the body and work your way inward to the body tying the ties on. Work quickly.
- When you're done, have the ties snug but not too tight. You don't want to cut off the blood circulation.
- Assess them again. Are they breathing? Heart beating?
- If they had a pulse and good circulation before the splint but don't after, adjust your splint.
Get professional medical attention ASAP!
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