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For the Forearm

Categories: Accidents, Emergencies and Poisons

Two padded splints three to four inches wide and long
enough to take in the hand also should be applied, one to the thumb, and

the other to the back of the forearm, slight extension being made by

pulling on the patient's hand. This pulls the broken end in place. Tie on

the splints over the hand, wrist and just below the elbow. Two or three

wraps of adhesive plaster or five or six wraps of a bandage or

handkerchief or towel folded and pinned will temporarily hold the limb in

place. Put on a sling reaching from the finger tips to beyond the elbow.



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