Long arm posterior splint: Difference between revisions
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**Unstable proximal radius or ulna fracture (sugar-tong better) | **Unstable proximal radius or ulna fracture (sugar-tong better) | ||
[[File:Long Arm Posterior Splint.gif]] | ==Procedure== | ||
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*Assess distal pulse, motor, and sensation | |||
*Apply padding and splint material (e.g. Ortho-glass) as shown, along posterior/ulnar aspect of arm | |||
**Wrist should be placed in slight extension (approximately 20°) | |||
*Maintain position until splint material has hardened and secure splint to arm (e.g. ace wraps) | |||
*Reassess distal pulse, motor, and sensation | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Splinting]] | *[[Splinting]] | ||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Orthopedics]] | [[Category:Orthopedics]] | ||
[[Category:Procedures]] | [[Category:Procedures]] | ||
Revision as of 05:27, 31 December 2016
Background
- Doesn’t completely eliminate supination / pronation
- Either add an anterior splint or use a double sugar tong splint if complex or unstable distal forearm fracture
Indications
- Elbow and forearm injuries
- Distal humerus fracture
- Both-bone forearm fracture
- Unstable proximal radius or ulna fracture (sugar-tong better)
Procedure
- Assess distal pulse, motor, and sensation
- Apply padding and splint material (e.g. Ortho-glass) as shown, along posterior/ulnar aspect of arm
- Wrist should be placed in slight extension (approximately 20°)
- Maintain position until splint material has hardened and secure splint to arm (e.g. ace wraps)
- Reassess distal pulse, motor, and sensation