| Front | How is splinting useful? |
|---|---|
| Back | This is useful as it prevents: 1) movement of fracture fragments, bone ends, dislocated joints, or damaged soft tissue, reducing pain. 2) further damage to muscles, spinal cords, nerves, and blood vessels. 3) laceration of the skin by broken bone ends (one of the primary indications for this is to prevent a closed fracture from becoming an open fracture.) 4) restriction of distal blood flow resulting from pressure of the bone ends on blood vessels and 5) paralysis of extremities resulting from a damaged spine. |
Tags: 29, injuries, orthopaedic
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