How to Provide First Aid for Broken Bones-Helptipsfree
How to Provide First Aid for Broken Bones-Helptipsfree
How to Provide First Aid for Broken Bones
First Aid
for Broken Bones
A fracture is a broken or cracked bone. There are two main
types of fractures: closed and open. Closed fractures are those where the skin
round the injury is not broken; in open fracture the skin is broken. If you
suspect a fracture do not treat it until you checked the patient’s ABC. Don’t
move the patient with a treatment of broken bones is described as under.
First Aid
for Broken Bones: General Treatment
Call an ambulance and reassure the patient.
Steady and support the injured part with one hand above and
the other bellow the fracture at the joints.
With an open fracture, cover the wound with a piece of
sterile gauze. Continue to support the limb and make the patient as comfortable
as possible.
If there is a delay in the arrival of the ambulance, you
should immobilize the broken bones. Bandage limbs firmly to prevent movement
but allow room for swelling.
Raise the affected limb, if possible, to reduce bleeding and
swell if the bone is protruding.
Drape the sterile gauze over the exposed bone and pad round
it with cotton wool. Build up the padding and bandage in steps. Immobilize and
raise the limb if possible if the bone is not protruding. Place the sterile
gauze over the wound.
Put pads of cotton wool over and round the wound and secure
with a roller bandage.
Immobilize and raise the limb if possible.
First Aid for Broken Bones: How
to stop bleeding
Applying local pressure to stop the bleeding and elevating
the injured part if possible.
Severe bleeding is always an emergency and must be treated
as soon as possible. Shock and may be even death can result from major blood
loss. Therefore, remedial steps should be taken as soon as possible as given
below and illustrated
Apply direct pressure over the wound with your fingers,
preferably over a clean pad. Squeeze edges of a gaping wound together.
Raise and support the injured part above the heart as you
are applying the pressure. Place a sterile dressing over the wound. Secure
firmly with bandage.
If the blood show through the dressing, do not remove it but put another dressing on top. Watch for shock and get patient to a hospital. How to handle broken bones stabilizing them from movement.
Do You Know:
Name the item of First Aid Box
- Small packs of white paper tissues.
- Scissors, with blunt ends.
- Tweezers, with blunt ends.
- Safety pins collections.
- Clinical thermometer.
- Adhesive dressing. (plasters)
- Pre-packed sterile dressings for open wounds.
- Pre-packed burns dressings.
- Pre-packed sterile gauze as an alternative to cotton wool for cleaning cuts.
- Roll to cotton wool.
