Splints
A splint is any stiff material that can be bound to a fractured limb in order
to prevent the broken bone from moving and causing further injury and
pain. A splint should be long enough to immobilize the joints above and
below a fracture.
Make splints from whatever is handy-boards, branches, hiking sticks,
ski poles, shovel handles, cardboard, folded newspapers and magazines,
sections of tent poles.
Padding allows a splint to fit better and can make the victim more
comfortable. Cushion a splint with clothing, blankets, pillows, crumpled
paper, a sleeping pad, or other soft material.
Hold splints and padding in place with neckerchiefs,
handkerchiefs. roller bandages. strips of
cloth. or whatever else you have.

Lower-Arm Fracture
Splint to hold the hand and forearm motionless.
Placing the splinted arm in a sling with the
foreaml slightly raised
will also immobllize
the elbow joint.

Upper-Arm Fracture
Tie a splint to the outside of the upper arm.
Place the arm in a sling with the forearm raised
about Ihree inches above level, then use a cravat
bandage 10 hold the upper arm against the side
of the body. The body itself acts as a splint to
immobilize the elbow and shoulder.

Collarbone or Shoulder Fracture
Place the forearm in a sling with the hand raised
higher than the elbow, then tie the upper arm
against the side of the body with a wide cravat
bandage. No splint is necessary.