ThatEMTGuy
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When using a traction splint, for a leg fracture, and the bone is protruding outward, do we still use manual traction and traction it with the splint by pulling?
But traction splints are contraindicated for open fractures where bone is poking through/visible through the skin, amongst other things. Tractions splints are also contraindicated with pelvic fractures, patellar fractures, and with any sort of tib/fib fractures, although the last one is up for debate.manual traction and traction it with the splint by pulling?
But traction splints are contraindicated for open fractures where bone is poking through/visible through the skin, amongst other things.
But traction splints are contraindicated for open fractures where bone is poking through/visible through the skin, amongst other things.
https://www.itrauma.org/wp-content/...ctionSplintswithOpenFemurFracture_Nov2011.pdf (citations are included)Given that ALL OPEN FRACTURES are contaminated and subject to infection and will need to undergo wash-out and / or debridement by an orthopedic surgeon, we believe that application of a traction splint ... to either open or closed fractures benefits the patient.
...In urban situations with short transport times, application of traction splints for femur fractures (open or closed) is likely not to impact patient outcome.