How to prevent rotation of leg with Sager?

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Critical fail criteria at the end says "Final immobilization supported the femur and prevented rotation of the injured leg".

My in class instructor has been saying that the ankle straps that connect to the traction wheel need to be the same height off the ground, and that's it, but now that I've been searching for answers, I see some people using one long cravat to secure both legs together and other people using a strap and a figure 8 to secure both feet together. Which one is it???

Practicals are coming up and I'm almost thinking to test on the hare now because of this.
 
EMTnewbie2014 said:
Critical fail criteria at the end says "Final immobilization supported the femur and prevented rotation of the injured leg".



My in class instructor has been saying that the ankle straps that connect to the traction wheel need to be the same height off the ground, and that's it, but now that I've been searching for answers, I see some people using one long cravat to secure both legs together and other people using a strap and a figure 8 to secure both feet together. Which one is it???



Practicals are coming up and I'm almost thinking to test on the hare now because of this.
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In NYS the proper way to prevent rotation of the injured leg is achieved by securing the injured leg to the in injured leg using a figure-8 strap around the feet.
 
Ask your instructors which way they prefer. There are a million different ways of securing the leg. What works for one college may not be acceptable in another college.
 
emt308 said:
In NYS the proper way to prevent rotation of the injured leg is achieved by securing the injured leg to the in injured leg using a figure-8 strap around the feet.
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Crazy, we NEVER went over this once in class!

DesertEMT66 said:
Ask your instructors which way they prefer. There are a million different ways of securing the leg. What works for one college may not be acceptable in another college.
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I'm just looking for the preferred/acceptable methods of preventing rotation, obviously my instructor is not the right person to ask.
 
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EMTnewbie2014 said:
Crazy, we NEVER went over this once in class!



I'm just looking for the preferred/acceptable methods of preventing rotation, obviously my instructor is not the right person to ask.
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If your instructor is going to be testing you on the skill then he is the right person to ask. Normally in the field it's a "what ever works". Backboard, strapping the legs together, using a cardboard splint, soft splints, and the list goes on and on.
 
DesertEMT66 said:
If your instructor is going to be testing you on the skill then he is the right person to ask. Normally in the field it's a "what ever works". Backboard, strapping the legs together, using a cardboard splint, soft splints, and the list goes on and on.
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Words to live by and snip a thread with.
 
DesertEMT66 said:
Ask your instructors which way they prefer. There are a million different ways of securing the leg. What works for one college may not be acceptable in another college.
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Yes there are many ways to secure a leg infact the pdf shared by mycrofft explains it in detail.
 
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