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The only time I would delay transport to splint anything, would be if there was no pulse to the extremity, but the airway was intact. I have never stopped to apply a splint since I started doing this.
Christy Foster, TraumaOne
jim.kendrick@att.net wrote:
All,
I was posed with a interesting question by a TNCC instructor recently and would
like the list's input on their practices.
The scenario is the typical car vs big rig. The victim is extricated at
approximate the same time that the helicopter arrives. The patient is secured
to a long backboard and ready for transport with a 10 minute flight time back
to definitive care. Pt. has a open fx of the femur, no traction device in
place. No spasms noted.
The questions. Would you delay transport and splint the open fractured femur
with a splinting device? If so what ?
Would you continue to use the LBB as the "primary splinting device"? Tape to
other other leg?
Last question Do most RW programs view the LBB as a device that can splint most
fractures in the Multisystem Trauma Patient who haven't been assesed at a
definitive care facility?
(I don't believe in well splinted cadavears)
Jim Kendrick
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