First Aid: Muscles, Bones, and Joints--10-8

A victim cannot use or move an injured area with a muscle, bone, or joint injury. What is a responder's first step?

• Call EMS.

• Check the scene for safety.

• Call the local emergency number.

• Get consent.

A person with an ____ ________ has a broken bone that has torn through the skin.

• closed fracture

• puncture wound

• avulsion

• open fracture

True or False: Basic first aid treatment for an open fracture is to attempt to align or place bones back into the body.

• True

• False

Treatment for an open fracture includes all except one of the following:

• Calling EMS

• Moving the exposed bone or limb

• Bandaging with sterile dressing around the fracture

• Controlling bleeding

False or True: The ground is a splint.

• False

• True

General care for all musculoskeletal injuries is similar. The mnemonic RICE is used to aid in remembering the treatment used. It means...

• Recuperate

  Ice

  Cold

  Elevation

• Rest

  Ice

  Compression

  Elevation

• Rest

  Immobilize

  Cold

  Elevate

• Recuperate

  Immobilize

  Compression

  Elevation

The recommended application and removal time(s) for cold packs to treat musculoskeletal injuries is/are...

• 15 minutes

• 20 minute on

  20 minutes off

• 20 minutes

• 10 minutes

The four types of musculoskeletal injuries include...

• Sprain

• Dislocation

• Fracture

• Strain

• Tear

Splinting of muscle, bone, and joint injuries should be used only under the following circumstance(s):

• Feeling, warmth, or color to an extremity is lost.

• Movement or transport is necessary prior to EMS arrival to seek medical attention.

• The victim requests a splint.

• It does not cause more pain.

Anatomic splints include...

• Soft materials such as a folded blanket, towel, or pillow

• Magazines, boards, newspaper, or metal strips.

• The injured person's body such as the chest, legs, fingers, and toes

• The ground