HPER-H - Health, Physical Education And Recreation HPER-H 160 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12-14: Seat Belt, Occlusive Dressing, Foreign Body

• School: IUPUI
• Department: HPER-H - Health, Physical Education And Recreation
• Course: HPER-H - Health, Physical Education And Recreation HPER-H 160
• Professor: Jay Bradley

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List the steps in the correct order for applying a splint. Support the injured part in the positioning which you find it. If possible, have the person or a bystander help you. Check the body part that is on the other side of the injury for circulation (feeling, warmth and color) before and after splinting to make sure the splint is not too tight. Apply the splint to immobilize the bones or joints above and below an injured area. Cut off or remove any clothing around the injury site. Cover any bleeding or open wounds, including open fractures, with sterile dressings and carefully bandage with minimal pressure before splinting. Do not try to push protruding bones back below the skin. Do not attempt to straighten any angulated fracture; always splint the limb in the position found. Do not allow the person to bear weight on an injured lower extremity.