ED-3220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Humerus, Clavicle, Scapula
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Skin is cold: purpose of immobilizing. Reduce risk of serious bleeding or loss of circulation. Prevent a closed fracture from becoming open. Includes soft materials (folded blankets, towels, pillows, or triangular bandage) Stability / support of shoulder / elbow / upper arm. Used in conjunction with a binder/swathe to immobilize injury: rigid splint and support arm weight. Uses padded boards, folded magazines / newspapers, and metal strips: anatomic splint. Uses another body part to create the splint. Clavicle, scapula, humerus, radius, ulna, carpals, metacarpals, phalanges: shoulder injuries. Pillow or similar object to fill gap between extremity and chest. Apply ice and prevent shock: upper arm injuries. Apply ice and prevent shock: elbow injuries. Joint formed from humerus and the radius and ulna. Splint if you have to move person. Apply ice and prevent shock: forearm, wrist, and hand injuries. Radius and ulna / carpals, metacarpals, and phalanges. Wrist: support injured area with rigid splint: can sling if needed.
