NREMT Skills Sheet: Traction Splinting

Lead lab instructor Miles Hackney goes through the indication, contra-indications, and considerations for pulling traction on a mid-shaft femur fracture. Sign up for an upcoming EMT class to perfect this life saving intervention: bit.ly/EMT2k19
Traction splinting is one of the skills examinations for the NREMT Psycho-Motor Exam. After the traumatic and painful experience of suffering a femur fracture a traction splint can decrease risk to soft tissue and nervous function as well as assist in bleeding control. A careful and thorough assessment is necessary to rule out any other injury in the effected extremity, so check out our video detailing Rapid Trauma Assessment: • How to Perform a Rapid...
Thanks to BPM Paramedic & Education Specialist Katie, and our videographer and EMT instructor Matt.