Open AccessPrehospital traction splint use in midthigh trauma patients
Author(s) -
Danielle Campagne,
Kathleen M. Cagle,
Jannet Castaneda,
Lori Weichenthal,
Megann Young,
Peter Anastopoulos,
Susanne Spano
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/jets.jets_152_19
Subject(s) - medicine , mann–whitney u test , exact test , trauma center , femur , femur fracture , surgery , emergency department , injury severity score , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , poison control , injury prevention , psychiatry
Traction splint (TS) use during emergency medical system transport has been theorized to relieve pain, limit continued injury from loose bone fragments, and decrease potential bleeding space in the injured thigh.