I taught self care, showed patients how to reduce contractures through exercise, and did ultrasound and splinting.
It includes proper splinting, control of blood loss, and monitoring vital signs such as breathing and circulation.
Splinting to immobilize a fracture can be done with or without traction.
In emergency situations if the injured individual must be moved by someone other than a trained medical person, splinting is a useful form of fracture management.
Splinting is also used to immobilize an injured arm or leg immediately after an injury.