RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Prehospital management of lower limb fractures
JF Emergency Medicine Journal
JO Emerg Med J
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP 660
OP 663
DO 10.1136/emj.2005.024489
VO 22
IS 9
A1 C Lee
A1 K M Porter
YR 2005
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/22/9/660.abstract
AB Lower limb fractures are common injuries in prehospital care. Untreated fractures can lead to hypovolaemic shock especially if open, and should be treated with effective haemorrhage control and splintage. A brief assessment for open fractures, deformity, and neurovascular compromise should be followed by effective analgesia, wound management, reduction (if needed), splintage, and packaging of the patient. Early appropriate management reduces the morbidity and mortality of lower limb fractures.