First Aid to Overcome Open Bone Brokenness

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Open fractures can occur anywhere. In every daily activity, sometimes there are things that can cause us to experience muscle and skeletal system injuries so that we will feel very sick and difficult to function the movement. Motion tools in humans consist of bones, joints, connective tissue, and muscles.

Any injury or other disturbance that occurs on this system will result in interruption of one's movements temporarily or forever.

Meanwhile, the disorder that is most often experienced by skeletal muscles is fractures. As explained by the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI), fractures are a breakdown of bone tissue, either in whole or in part. This fracture itself is divided into two types, namely closed fractures and open fractures. In this article, we will find out more about open fractures.

What is an open fracture?

Open fracture is a case of fracture accompanied by injury to the skin on the surface of the broken bone. In more severe cases, the broken part of the bone will be visible from the outside. Pretty awful, right? The most terrible thing is if there is a wound, the germs will easily get to the bone, so they have a high risk of bone infection. Therefore, open fractures must be immediately given help.

Open fractures are easier to recognize than closed fractures, and usually open fractures occur in the limbs and arms.

How to deal with open fractures

The most important treatment for fractures is staining. Breeding is a variety of actions and efforts to avoid movement, to protect and stabilize injured body parts. This is important before experts (doctors or paramedics) can help you.

Breeding aims to:

Prevent movement or shift from the tip of a broken bone
Reducing the occurrence of new injuries around the broken part of the bone
Rest the broken limb
Reduces pain
Reducing bleeding
Speed healing

Types of splints

The following are some splints that can be used in emergencies for open fractures:

1. Hard splint

Made from hard, stiff, strong, and lightweight material to prevent movement of the injured part. Basically this is the best and perfect splint in an emergency. Materials that are often used are wood, aluminum, cardboard, plastic, and others.

2. A splint that can be formed

This type of splint can be transformed into various shapes and combinations to suit the shape of the injury. For example blankets, pillows, wire splints, and others.

3. Slings and splints

This breeding is done using cloth pads, usually using mitella (triangular cloth) and arm sling. The principle is to use the patient's body as a means to stop the movement of the injured part.

4. Improvisation splint

If there is no available bidai, the helper is required to be able to improvise to make a splint that is strong enough and light enough to support the injured body part. For example magazines, newspapers, cartons, and others.

Guidance for treatment

Although bidai is used as a minimum, there are still a number of guidelines that must be followed to minimize accidents during staining.

As much as possible tell the plan that you will do to the sufferer.
Make sure the injured part can be seen, and stop bleeding (if any) before staining.
Prepare the necessary tools such as splints and triangular fabric (mitella).
Do not change the position of the injured.
Don't insert broken bones.
The splint must cover two joints from the broken bone (before it is installed, the splint must be measured first on the body member of the patient who has no fracture).
If there is a bone coming out, you can use mitella and shape it like a donut or use any soft object and have a hole, then insert the bone in the donut circle so that the bone is not knocked (adjust the circle to the diameter of the bone that comes out).
Cover the splint with soft material if possible.
Use some mitella to tie the splint (if in the legs, insert mitella through the gap below the knee and below the ankle).
Tie the "donut" that you have used on the bone that came out with mitella.
The ties are not too hard and too loose.
The bond must be sufficient in number, starting from the joint that has a lot of movement, then the upper joint of the broken bone.
Don't overdo it, if the patient's body has a fracture that is unable to make a move it means you have done a good stain.
Take the patient to the hospital for further action.