Splinting
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Treatment
| Proximal humerus Fx |
S&S |
| Humeral shaft Fx |
LAPS or stable-coaptation splint/unstable-elephant ear |
| Supracondylar humeral Fx |
LAPS (ortho consult for type2 or 3) |
| Humeral condyle Fx |
LAPS and ortho for ORIF if displaced |
| Olecranon Fx |
nondisplaced S&S, displaced LAPS or emerg. ORIF |
| Radial Head Fx |
nondisplaced S&S,displaced-LAPS or emerg. ORIF |
| Monteggia (ulnar shaft w/prox radioulnar disloc)- |
Emergent ortho for ORIF |
| Galeazzi Fx (distal radius w/distal ulnar disloc) |
Emerg. ortho for ORIF |
| Elbow dislocation |
LAPS after reduction (if assoc. Fx-emerg. ortho) |
| Forearm Fx |
sugar tong |
| 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 with ortho f/u |
| Scaphoid Fx |
Thumb spica splint with ortho f/u |
| Carpal Fx |
volar splint with ortho f/u |
| Colle's Fx (distal radius with dist dorsal angulation) |
sugar tong and ortho f/u |
| Smith Fx (reverse colles w/ volar angulation) |
sugar tong and ortho f/u |
| Bennet's Fx (intrarticular Fx at base of 1st MCP) |
thumb spica and ortho f/u |
| Rolando Fx (comminuted base of 1st MCP |
thumb spica and ortho f/u |
Boxer's Fx-ulnar gutter splint
MCP Fx-gutter splint (4th and 5th-ulnar, 2nd and 3rd-radial)
Phalynx Fx-finger splints with buddy tape.
- S&S= sling and swathe
Source
(Ayana Herbert 10/03)