Treating Fractures in the Field

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• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• LESSON 1
  • Section I. ANATOMY
    • 1-1. THE SKELETAL SYSTEM
    • 1-2. JOINTS
    • 1-3. SKELETAL MUSCLES
  • Section II. FRACTURES
    • 1-4. COMPLETE AND INCOMPLETE FRACTURES
    • 1-5. CLOSED AND OPEN FRACTURES
    • 1-6. COMMON CAUSES OF FRACTURES
    • 1-7. TYPES OF FRACTURES
    • 1-8. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF FRACTURES
    • 1-9. GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR TREATING FRACTURES
    • 1-10. SPLINTS
  • Section III. RELATED INJURIES
    • 1-11. DISLOCATIONS, SPRAINS, AND STRAINS
    • 1-12. DISLOCATIONS
    • 1-13. SPRAINS
    • 1-14. STRAINS
    • EXERCISES
    • SOLUTION
• LESSON 2
  • Section I. GENERAL
    • 2-1. ANATOMY
    • 2-2. SURVEYING THE SCENE
    • 2-3. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF A SPINAL INJURY
    • 2-4. SPINE BOARDS
  • Section II. IMMOBILIZING A SUSPECTED SPINAL INJURY
    • 2-5. IMMOBILIZING A CASUALTY'S NECK WITH CASUALTY LYING DOWN
    • 2-6. IMMOBILIZING A CASUALTY USING A LONG SPINE BOARD AND LOGROLL
    • 2-7. IMMOBILIZING A CASUALTY USING A LONG SPINE BOARD ANDSTRADDLE-SLIDE
    • 2-8. IMMOBILIZING A CASUALTY'S SPINE WITH CASUALTY SITTING UP
    • 2-9. TRANSPORTING A CASUALTY WITH A SPINAL INJURY
    • 2-10. IMMOBILIZING A CASUALTY'S SPINE USING THE GROUND AS SPLINT
    • 2-11. TURNING A CASUALTY ONTO HIS BACK
  • EXERCISES
  • SOLUTIONS
• LESSON 3
  • TRACTION SPLINTS
    • 3-1. FRACTURED FEMUR
    • 3-2. PURPOSE OF A TRACTION SPLINT
    • 3-3. APPLY THE HARE TRACTION SPLINT
    • 3-4. PLACE A CASUALTY WITH A TRACTION SPLINT ON A LITTER (LITTERBAR)
    • 3-5. SECURE THE SPLINT SUPPORT TO THE LITTER USING A ROLLERBANDAGE
  • EXERCISES
  • SOLUTIONS
• LESSON 4
  • FRACTURES OF THE LOWER EXTREMITIES
    • 4-1. IDENTIFY SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF A FRACTURED OR DISLOCATEDHIP
    • 4-2. IMMOBILIZE A FRACTURED OR DISLOCATED HIP (SPINE BOARD)
    • 4-3. IMMOBILIZE A FRACTURED FEMUR (IMPROVISED SPLINT)
    • 4-4. IMMOBILIZE A FRACTURED LEG (IMPROVISED SPLINT)
    • 4-5. IMMOBILIZE A FRACTURED OR DISLOCATED KNEE (IMPROVISED SPLINT)
    • 4-6. IMMOBILIZE A FRACTURED OR DISLOCATED ANKLE (TWO WIRE LADDER SPLINTS)
    • 4-7. IMMOBILIZE A FRACTURED ANKLE (THREE WIRE LADDER SPLINTS)
    • 4-8. IMMOBILIZE A FRACTURED OR DISLOCATED ANKLE USING A SAMSPLINT
  • EXERCISES
  • SOLUTIONS
• LESSON 5
  • FRACTURES OF THE UPPER EXTREMITIES
    • 5-1. IMMOBILIZE AN ARM WITH A WIRE LADDER SPLINT
    • 5-2. IMMOBILIZE A FRACTURED FOREARM WITH A SAM SPLINT
    • 5-3. IMMOBILIZE A FRACTURED HUMERUS WITH A SAM SPLINT
    • 5-4. IMMOBILIZE A FRACTURED HUMERUS WITH AN IMPROVISED SPLINT
    • 5-5. IMMOBILIZE A FRACTURED ELBOW WITH AN IMPROVISED SPLINT
    • 5-6. IMMOBILIZE A FRACTURED FOREARM WITH AN IMPROVISED SPLINT
    • 5-7. IMMOBILIZE A DISLOCATED SHOULDER
    • 5-8. APPLY A SLING TO AN ARM
    • 5-9. APPLY A SWATHE
    • 5-10. IMMOBILIZE A FOREARM USING A PNEUMATIC SPLINT
  • EXERCISES
  • SOLUTIONS
• LESSON 6
  • ROLLER BANDAGES
    • 6-1. ROLLER BANDAGES
    • 6-2. GENERAL RULES FOR APPLYING ROLLER BANDAGES
    • 6-3. APPLY AN ANCHOR WRAP
    • 6-4. APPLY A CIRCULAR WRAP
    • 6-5. APPLY A SPIRAL WRAP
    • 6-6. APPLY A SPIRAL REVERSE WRAP
    • 6-7. APPLY A FIGURE-EIGHT WRAP
    • 6-8. APPLY A RECURRENT WRAP
    • 6-9. APPLY A SPICA WRAP
    • 6-10. MONITOR A CASUALTY WITH A WRAPPED LIMB
  • EXERCISES
  • SOLUTIONS

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