A New First Aid to the Fractured 



For a fracture of fhe skull 

 one section of the splint 

 used and held in pi 

 head and shoulder 



Two sections of 

 the splint used 

 separately for 

 fractures above 

 the wrist and 

 above the elbow 



An emergency splint and how it works 



A VIRGINIA physician, Dr. Samuel G. Slaughter, has 

 devised an emergency splint by means of which even 

 the unskilled can give first aid. Usually pieces of 

 wood are quickly fashioned into splints which hold the 

 broken member until thedoctor arrives. This is a dangerous 

 practice. A splint should conform with the shape of the 

 broken part without straining it in the least. Dr. 



Slaughter's splint is made of flexible sheet steel which 

 bends to the shape of any part of the body by the 

 mere act of strapping it in place. 



Three oblong sheets of thin steel telescope in and 



out. A number of slits are stamped along their 



sides. If a leg has been badly broken,' all three 



sections of the splint are used, fully extended. 



For simple fractures where but one break occurs, 



the sections can be detached and 



used separately. In a fracture 



of the skull the splint is applied 



opened out nearly fiat and 



fastened in place by tying 



strips around the forehead and 



under the arms, while for a 



fractured arm it takes the 



shape of a cylinder. 



Here the fracture 

 i s between the 

 elbow and wrist. 

 Padding of cot- 

 ton or soft cloth 

 is always used 



In this case there are three fractures — one above the 

 ankle, one above the knee and a fracture of the hip 



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