The first aid method of fracture?

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In daily life and labor, it is inevitable to fall, fall, bump, sprain and other unfortunate occurrence, light cause soft tissue injury, severe will occur fracture, effective first aid is one of the important measures to save the life of patients, has a great impact on the development and prognosis of trauma. Then I will introduce several first aid methods for fracture patients.

The first aid method of fracture?

After fracture, splint should be used to fix the affected area immediately to prevent excessive movement, ensure that the affected area is not too active and avoid dislocation. If fixed improperly, it is easy to cause dislocation, resulting in nerve damage, easily cause paralysis. Because of the swelling of blood vessels, it is not suitable to fix them too firmly.

You can fix it on one side of the affected area with a board, pad some soft articles such as cotton or towel between the board and the skin, and then fix it with bandage. Pay attention to the appropriate tightness. The board should exceed the upper and lower joints of the affected area, so as to fix the affected area firmly. If there is no suitable board, you can also choose branches to fix it.

Skin bleeding, because the fracture is more serious, can use gauze disinfection after compression wound, in the gauze outside with wood fixed. If the compression hemostasis effect is not very good, you can choose tourniquet.

matters needing attention

If the fracture patient is an open fracture with bleeding, clean sterile gauze should be used for compression hemostasis. If the blood can not be stopped by compression, a hemostatic band can be used to encircle the upper part of the wound for hemostasis.