#traction splinting

[ancientjournal]

I feel like the weirder side of Tumblr would appreciate the fact that EMS are train to used a  leg stretching (”traction”) device on people with femur fractures. 

The reason we stretch their legs is to keep the muscles around a broken femur from seizing violently, which causes the broken bone ends to dig into the flesh and arteries in that area. 

Basically the result is that you stab yourself to death with your own jagged bone ends. Which is kind of hardcore, along with being completely terrible.

[penncareinc-blog]

The Sager Splint Model SX404 is a traction splint useful for treating victims with bilateral or unilateral femoral fractures. This EMS splint comes equipped with the quantifiable, Dynamic Traction ™ device that visually displays how much traction is being applied to a victim. The Model SX404 leg traction device is also radio lucent, which means that X-rays, MRIs, and CAT scans can be taken without removing the splint. For more information on the Sager Splint Model SX404 please visit http://www.penncare.net or call 877-287-9715.