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Types

Upper Extremity

Humerous

Humeral Shaft Fracture
- Long Arm Posterior Splint or stable-coaptation splint/unstable-elephant ear
Supracondylar Humeral Fracture
- Long Arm Posterior Splint (ortho consult for Type 2 or 3)
Humeral condyle fracture
- Long Arm Posterior Splint and ortho for ORIF if displaced
Olecranon Fracture
- Nondisplaced
  - Sling and Swathe Splint
- Displaced
  - Long Arm Posterior Splint or emerg. ORIF

Forearm

Radial Head Fracture
- Nondisplaced
  - Sling and Swathe Splint
- Displaced
  - Long Arm Posterior Splint or emerg. ORIF
Monteggia (ulnar shaft w/prox radioulnar disloc)
- Emergent ortho for ORIF
Galeazzi Fracture (distal radius w/distal ulnar disloc)
- Emerg. ortho for ORIF
Elbow Dislocation
- Long Arm Posterior Splint after reduction (if assoc. Fx-emerg. ortho)
Forearm Fracture
- Sugar Tong Splint
Colle's Fracture (distal radius with dist dorsal angulation)
- Sugar Tong Splint
Smith Fracture (reverse colles w/ volar angulation)
- Sugar Tong Splint

Hand

Flexor tendon injury
- Finger Splint + hand specialist ref.
Extensor tendon injury
- Poss ED repair + Finger Splint to hand specialist
Mallet Finger
- Finger Splint to DIP (DIP in slight hyperextension)
Gamekeeper's Thumb
- Thumb Spica Splint
Scaphoid Fracture
- Thumb Spica Splint
Carpal Fracture
- Volar Splint
Bennet's Fracture (intrarticular Fx at base of 1st MCP)
- Thumb Spica Splint
Rolando Fracture (comminuted base of 1st MCP)
- Thumb Spica Splint
Boxer's Fracture
- Ulnar Gutter Splint
MCP Fracture
- 4th and 5th
  - Ulnar Gutter Splint
- 2nd and 3rd
  - Radial Gutter Splint
Finger (Phalanx) Fracture
- Finger Splint or Buddy Tape

Lower Extremity

References

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 ==Upper Extremity==
 ===Humerous===
-#[[Humeral Shaft Fracture]]
+*[[Humeral Shaft Fracture]]
-##[[Long Arm Posterior Splint]] or stable-coaptation splint/unstable-elephant ear
+**[[Long Arm Posterior Splint]] or stable-coaptation splint/unstable-elephant ear
-#[[Supracondylar Humeral Fracture]]
+*[[Supracondylar Humeral Fracture]]
-##[[Long Arm Posterior Splint]] (ortho consult for Type 2 or 3)
+**[[Long Arm Posterior Splint]] (ortho consult for Type 2 or 3)
-#Humeral condyle fracture
+*Humeral condyle fracture
-##[[Long Arm Posterior Splint]] and ortho for ORIF if displaced
+**[[Long Arm Posterior Splint]] and ortho for ORIF if displaced
-#Olecranon Fracture
+*Olecranon Fracture
-##Nondisplaced
+**Nondisplaced
-###[[Sling and Swathe Splint]]
+***[[Sling and Swathe Splint]]
-##Displaced
+**Displaced
-###[[Long Arm Posterior Splint]] or emerg. ORIF
+***[[Long Arm Posterior Splint]] or emerg. ORIF
 ===Forearm===
-#Radial Head Fracture
+*Radial Head Fracture
-##Nondisplaced
+**Nondisplaced
-###[[Sling and Swathe Splint]]
+***[[Sling and Swathe Splint]]
-##Displaced
+**Displaced
-###[[Long Arm Posterior Splint]] or emerg. ORIF
+***[[Long Arm Posterior Splint]] or emerg. ORIF
-#Monteggia (ulnar shaft w/prox radioulnar disloc)
+*Monteggia (ulnar shaft w/prox radioulnar disloc)
-##Emergent ortho for ORIF
+**Emergent ortho for ORIF
-#Galeazzi Fracture (distal radius w/distal ulnar disloc)
+*Galeazzi Fracture (distal radius w/distal ulnar disloc)
-##Emerg. ortho for ORIF
+**Emerg. ortho for ORIF
-#[[Elbow Dislocation]]
+*[[Elbow Dislocation]]
-##[[Long Arm Posterior Splint]] after reduction (if assoc. Fx-emerg. ortho)
+**[[Long Arm Posterior Splint]] after reduction (if assoc. Fx-emerg. ortho)
-#[[Forearm Fracture]]
+*[[Forearm Fracture]]
-##[[Sugar Tong Splint]]
+**[[Sugar Tong Splint]]
-#[[Colle's Fracture]] (distal radius with dist dorsal angulation)
+*[[Colle's Fracture]] (distal radius with dist dorsal angulation)
-##[[Sugar Tong Splint]]
+**[[Sugar Tong Splint]]
-#Smith Fracture (reverse colles w/ volar angulation)
+*Smith Fracture (reverse colles w/ volar angulation)
-##[[Sugar Tong Splint]]
+**[[Sugar Tong Splint]]
 ===Hand===
-#Flexor tendon injury
+*Flexor tendon injury
-##[[Finger Splint]] + hand specialist ref.
+**[[Finger Splint]] + hand specialist ref.
-#Extensor tendon injury
+*Extensor tendon injury
-##Poss ED repair + [[Finger Splint]] to hand specialist
+**Poss ED repair + [[Finger Splint]] to hand specialist
-#[[Mallet Finger]]
+*[[Mallet Finger]]
-##[[Finger Splint]] to DIP (DIP in slight hyperextension)
+**[[Finger Splint]] to DIP (DIP in slight hyperextension)
-#[[Gamekeeper's Thumb]]
+*[[Gamekeeper's Thumb]]
-##[[Thumb Spica Splint]]
+**[[Thumb Spica Splint]]
-#[[Scaphoid Fracture]]
+*[[Scaphoid Fracture]]
-##[[Thumb Spica Splint]]
+**[[Thumb Spica Splint]]
-#Carpal Fracture
+*Carpal Fracture
-##[[Forearm Volar Splint|Volar Splint]]
+**[[Forearm Volar Splint|Volar Splint]]
-#[[Bennet's Fracture]] (intrarticular Fx at base of 1st MCP)
+*[[Bennet's Fracture]] (intrarticular Fx at base of 1st MCP)
-##[[Thumb Spica Splint]]
+**[[Thumb Spica Splint]]
-#Rolando Fracture (comminuted base of 1st MCP)
+*Rolando Fracture (comminuted base of 1st MCP)
-##[[Thumb Spica Splint]]
+**[[Thumb Spica Splint]]
-#[[Boxer's Fracture]]
+*[[Boxer's Fracture]]
-##[[Ulnar Gutter Splint]]
+**[[Ulnar Gutter Splint]]
-#MCP Fracture
+*MCP Fracture
-##4th and 5th
+**4th and 5th
-###[[Ulnar Gutter Splint]]
+***[[Ulnar Gutter Splint]]
-##2nd and 3rd
+**2nd and 3rd
-###[[Radial Gutter Splint]]
+***[[Radial Gutter Splint]]
-#[[Finger (Phalanx) Fracture]]
+*[[Finger (Phalanx) Fracture]]
-##[[Finger Splint]] or [[Buddy Tape]]
+**[[Finger Splint]] or [[Buddy Tape]]
 ==Lower Extremity==
-== Source ==
+==References==
 [[Category:Ortho]]
 [[Category:Procedures]]