Premergency First Aid, CPR and AED Manual

8 Muscle, Bone and Joint Injuries

First aid Splinting a Femur Fracture • Steady and support the injured leg. • Expose the injury. Dress, pad, and bandage any open fractures. • If medical help will be delayed or you need to prepare the patient for transport, you will need to splint the leg. • Assess and gather available splinting material and decide on the type of splint. • Pass bandages under the natural hollows of the body and into position as shown. • Pad the splints and position them.

• Starting at the top and working down, bandage the splints in place. • Do not bandage directly over the injury. • Check perfusion below the injury frequently. Adjust bandages and splints as necessary.

Another way of splinting a femur fracture is to use the other leg and tie them together, similar to immobilizing a pelvic fracture.

femur or pelvic splint

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