Show your Family Doctor Splint Is s Musi us By Dr Thomas D. D M Masters First aid knowledge comes into practical and maximum use nowadays because of the scarcity scarcity ity Uy of doctors In the case of ot fractures the thereal thereal thereal real function of ot the first aider alder is to prepare the injured person for transportation to the hospital hospital hospi hospi- tal and protect him in so doing First aid best serves its purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose in simple fractures Compound Compound Compound Com Com- pound fractures require mo more e elaborate care Simple fractures mean broken b bones nes without perforation perforation perforation per per- of the skin When the skin is intact the danger of infection infection infection in in- is eliminated and this fact greatly simplifies the problem problem problem lem of treatment Useless Use Theory Wrong There are no symptoms common common com corn mon to all fractures Many fractures fractures fractures frac frac- tures do not immediately cause a a. loss Joss of function of ot the broken part The erroneous belief beliet thata that a a. fracture prevents the use of ot ofa a a. part has often resulted in delayed delayed delayed de de- de- de care and Impaired heal heal- ing Occasionally there is little pain or swelling Typically the pain is considerable at the site of the break and even gentle pressure sharply aggravates it Swelling develops rapidly and andas as blood is released from the point of ot fracture discoloration beneath the skin becomes evi evi- evi dent |