Splinting: Difference between revisions
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Revision as of 12:24, 8 November 2015
Types
- Hand
- Arm
- Leg
- Stirrup splint
- Posterior ankle splint
- [Long leg posterior splint]]
Upper Extremity
| Fracture | Splint | Disposition |
| Humeral shaft fracture |
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Humerus
- 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
- Displaced
- Long Arm Posterior Splint or emerg. ORIF
Forearm
- Radial Head Fracture
- Nondisplaced
- 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
- Colle's Fracture (distal radius with dist dorsal angulation)
- Smith Fracture (reverse colles w/ volar angulation)
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
- Scaphoid Fracture
- Carpal Fracture
- Bennet's Fracture (intrarticular Fx at base of 1st MCP)
- Rolando Fracture (comminuted base of 1st MCP)
- Boxer's Fracture
- MCP Fracture
- 4th and 5th
- 2nd and 3rd
- Finger (Phalanx) Fracture