Treating Fractures in the Field MD0533

DEVELOPMENT
ADMINISTRATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
LESSON 1
	Section I. ANATOMY
		1-1. THE SKELETAL SYSTEM
		1-2. JOINTS
		1-3. SKELETAL MUSCLES
	Section II. FRACTURES
		1-4. COMPLETE AND INCOMPLETE FRACTURES
		1-5. CLOSED AND OPEN FRACTURES
		1-6. COMMON CAUSES OF FRACTURES
		1-7. TYPES OF FRACTURES
		1-8. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF FRACTURES
		1-9. GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR TREATING FRACTURES
		1-10. SPLINTS
	Section III. RELATED INJURIES
		1-11. DISLOCATIONS, SPRAINS, AND STRAINS
		1-12. DISLOCATIONS
		1-13. SPRAINS
		1-14. STRAINS
		EXERCISES
		SOLUTION
LESSON 2
	Section I. GENERAL
		2-1. ANATOMY
		2-2. SURVEYING THE SCENE
		2-3. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF A SPINAL INJURY
		2-4. SPINE BOARDS
	Section II. IMMOBILIZING A SUSPECTED SPINAL INJURY
		2-5. IMMOBILIZING A CASUALTY'S NECK WITH CASUALTY LYING DOWN
		2-6. IMMOBILIZING A CASUALTY USING A LONG SPINE BOARD AND LOGROLL
		2-7. IMMOBILIZING A CASUALTY USING A LONG SPINE BOARD ANDSTRADDLE-SLIDE
		2-8. IMMOBILIZING A CASUALTY'S SPINE WITH CASUALTY SITTING UP
		2-9. TRANSPORTING A CASUALTY WITH A SPINAL INJURY
		2-10. IMMOBILIZING A CASUALTY'S SPINE USING THE GROUND AS SPLINT
		2-11. TURNING A CASUALTY ONTO HIS BACK
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 3
	TRACTION SPLINTS
		3-1. FRACTURED FEMUR
		3-2. PURPOSE OF A TRACTION SPLINT
		3-3. APPLY THE HARE TRACTION SPLINT
		3-4. PLACE A CASUALTY WITH A TRACTION SPLINT ON A LITTER (LITTERBAR)
		3-5. SECURE THE SPLINT SUPPORT TO THE LITTER USING A ROLLERBANDAGE
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 4
	FRACTURES OF THE LOWER EXTREMITIES
		4-1. IDENTIFY SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF A FRACTURED OR DISLOCATEDHIP
		4-2. IMMOBILIZE A FRACTURED OR DISLOCATED HIP (SPINE BOARD)
		4-3. IMMOBILIZE A FRACTURED FEMUR (IMPROVISED SPLINT)
		4-4. IMMOBILIZE A FRACTURED LEG (IMPROVISED SPLINT)
		4-5. IMMOBILIZE A FRACTURED OR DISLOCATED KNEE (IMPROVISED SPLINT)
		4-6. IMMOBILIZE A FRACTURED OR DISLOCATED ANKLE (TWO WIRE LADDER SPLINTS)
		4-7. IMMOBILIZE A FRACTURED ANKLE (THREE WIRE LADDER SPLINTS)
		4-8. IMMOBILIZE A FRACTURED OR DISLOCATED ANKLE USING A SAMSPLINT
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 5
	FRACTURES OF THE UPPER EXTREMITIES
		5-1. IMMOBILIZE AN ARM WITH A WIRE LADDER SPLINT
		5-2. IMMOBILIZE A FRACTURED FOREARM WITH A SAM SPLINT
		5-3. IMMOBILIZE A FRACTURED HUMERUS WITH A SAM SPLINT
		5-4. IMMOBILIZE A FRACTURED HUMERUS WITH AN IMPROVISED SPLINT
		5-5. IMMOBILIZE A FRACTURED ELBOW WITH AN IMPROVISED SPLINT
		5-6. IMMOBILIZE A FRACTURED FOREARM WITH AN IMPROVISED SPLINT
		5-7. IMMOBILIZE A DISLOCATED SHOULDER
		5-8. APPLY A SLING TO AN ARM
		5-9. APPLY A SWATHE
		5-10. IMMOBILIZE A FOREARM USING A PNEUMATIC SPLINT
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 6
	ROLLER BANDAGES
		6-1. ROLLER BANDAGES
		6-2. GENERAL RULES FOR APPLYING ROLLER BANDAGES
		6-3. APPLY AN ANCHOR WRAP
		6-4. APPLY A CIRCULAR WRAP
		6-5. APPLY A SPIRAL WRAP
		6-6. APPLY A SPIRAL REVERSE WRAP
		6-7. APPLY A FIGURE-EIGHT WRAP
		6-8. APPLY A RECURRENT WRAP
		6-9. APPLY A SPICA WRAP
		6-10. MONITOR A CASUALTY WITH A WRAPPED LIMB
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS