Splinting

Types

Fracture	Splint	Disposition
Humeral shaft fracture	U-shaped coaptation splint (upper arm sugar-tong splint) + sling and swathe
Supracondylar Humeral Fracture	Long Arm Posterior Splint	Ortho consult for Type 2 or 3
Humeral condyle fracture	Long Arm Posterior Splint	ortho for ORIF if displaced
Olecranon fracture	Nondisplaced Sling and Swathe Splint Displaced Long Arm Posterior Splint or emerg. ORIF

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

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