Pressure sores skin breakdown - PDF document

1 Pressure sores, skin breakdown SPLINTING
Pressure sores, skin breakdown SPLINTING COMPLICATIONS INDICATIONSPatients with legs too large for knee immobilizerCONSTRUCTIONStart just inferior to buttocks creaseEnd approximately 6cm above the malleoliAPPLICATIONSlightly exed knee INDICATIONSReduced ankle dislocationsCONSTRUCTIONPOSTERIOR ANKLEStart at plantar surface of the metatarsal headsCONSTRUCTIONSTIRRUPLaterally, start 3–4cm below the level of bular headAPPLICATION POSTERIOR POSTERIOR STIRRUP SPLINTS Ei MP, Hatch RL. Fracture Management for Primary Care. Philadelphia, PA: AUTHORR. Ian Ross, MDStanford/O’Connor Ho

2 spital, Primary Care SportsMedicine
spital, Primary Care SportsMedicine Fellow, 20172016–17 Chair, EMRA Sports Medicine DivisionMember, U.S. Figure Skating SportsScience & MedicineILLUSTRATORAnna L. Waterbrook, MD, FACEP, CAQ-SMAssociate Professor, Dept. of Emergency MedicineAssociate Program Director, South Campus Residency ProgramAssociate Program Director, Sports Medicine FellowshipAssistant Team Physician, Intercollegiate Athletics2016–18 Chair, ACEP Sports Medicine Section 972.550.0920 INDICATIONSCONSTRUCTIONStarts at mid-forearmAPPLICATIONWrist slightly extendedProximal interphalangeal and distal interphalangeal IN

3 DICATIONSInjuries to scaphoid, lunate, t
DICATIONSInjuries to scaphoid, lunate, thumb and 1st metacarpalGamekeeper’s/Skier’s thumbCONSTRUCTIONStart at mid-distal phalanx of thumbAPPLICATION INDICATIONCONSTRUCTIONAPPLICATION INDICATIONTendon repairsCONSTRUCTIONAPPLICATION THUMB SPICA INDICATIONSCONSTRUCTIONStart at mid-forearmAPPLICATIONWrist slightly extendedProximal interphalangeal and distal interphalangeal If boxer’s fracture: ex the metacarpal phalangeal joints ULNAR GUTTER SPLINT SPLINTS 972.550.0920 INDICATIONSRadial head and neck fracturesCONSTRUCTIONStart at posterior proximal armAPPLICATION INDICATIONSCONSTRUCTIONSt

4 art at palm at the metacarpal headsAPPLI
art at palm at the metacarpal headsAPPLICATIONWrist slightly extended (10–20º)Like holding a can INDICATIONSCONSTRUCTIONStart at anterior proximal humerusEnd at posterior proximal humerusAPPLICATION POSTERIOR LONG ARM VOLAR INDICATIONSCONSTRUCTIONAPPLICATION SUGAR TONG SUGAR TONG 972.550.0920 BASELINE MATERIALS StockinetteLower extremity: 10–12 layersPadding Bucket/receptacle of water (the warmer the water, the faster the splint sets)Trauma shearsLength: Measure out the dry splint on the contralateral extremitydesired shape. SPLINTING TECHNIQUES BASELINE PROCEDURE 1 2 3 4 5 23456 972.550.0