SPLINTING & BANDAGING

Dr Safrizal Rahman,Mkes,SpOT

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Traditional bone setter method

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Splinting

• Procedure for immobilization by maintain

the position of extremity in a good
position
• This procedure could be applied for
Fracture, dislocation, and soft tissue
injury

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Splinting SPLINTING
• Splinting is the most common procedure for
immobilizing an injury.
• Point out that cardboard is the material typically
used for“makeshift” splints but a variety of
materials can be used:
– Soft materials. Towels, blankets, or pillows, tied with
bandaging materials or soft cloths.
– Rigid materials. A board, metal strip, folded magazine or
newspaper, or other rigid item.
– Anatomical splints may also be created by securing a
fractured bone to an adjacent unfractured bone.
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Splinting SPLINTING
• The aim:
– Decreased pain
– Decreased soft tissue injury
– Prevent vascular injury
– Decreased bleeding

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Splinting SPLINTING
• Open the cloth over the affected limb
• Evaluate the vascular
• Sterile dressing for open wound
• Don’t move the affected limb before
splinting
• Splinting should be apply 2 joint on the
affected limb

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Splinting

• Splint should be padded

• Deformity should be reduce as can as

possible

• When reposition have a resist, splinting will

perform in the comfortable position.

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Splinting Tools
Padding Roll Triangular Bandage
Gauze

Aluminum Splint Elastic bandage

Paris Plaster

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Splinting Splinting in lower limb

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Splinting Splinting in lower limb

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Splinting Splinting in lower limb

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Splinting Splinting in upper limb

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Splinting Splinting in upper limb

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Bandaging

Bandage
• The aim:
– Wound closure
– Immobilization
• Immobilization  Partial

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Bandaging Tools
Triangular Bandage

Padding Roll Gauze

Elastic bandage

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Bandaging Bandaging for Bleeding

• Effective for open wound

• The aim: stop the bleeding
• Tools:
– Sterile dressing
– Clean dressing
• Pressured on dressing

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Bandaging Bandaging for Bleeding

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Bandaging Bandaging for Immobilization

• It useful for trauma surrounding joint, soft

tissue.

• The aim: Rest for soft tissue

• As a partial immobilization

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Bandaging Bandaging in Lower Limb

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Bandaging Bandaging in Upper Limb

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 Ankle bandage

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 Head bandage

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TERIMA KASIH

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