How to be and what to do if I broke my arm?

Damage to your limb when you fall or hit can be a dislocation, a bruise, a sprain, and, of course, a fracture. How to determine this and what to do if I broke my arm?

Golden Rule

Remember! Independently without a proper physical examination and the relevant studies it is simply impossible to determine how serious your injury is. That is why it is necessary to take as a rule the following: whatever trauma you have, treat it as a potentially serious injury, not paying any attention to the fact that your leg or arm looks as usual.

What if I dislocated, stretched, or broke my arm?

1. First of all, it is necessary to deliver the injured person to the trauma center. It is necessary to comply with the rules of transportation for limb fractures. These include hand fixation. As a fixing material you can use sticks, cardboard, fabric. They will play the role of the so-called "bus". If you can not do this, then call an ambulance.
2. Do not knowingly know how to break an arm or leg to understand that the bleeding coming from a damaged place should be stopped by yourself! This can happen in case of an open fracture. It is necessary first of all to stop the bleeding, and then to deal with the fracture itself - remember this!
3. Unlike bleeding stop, it is not even necessary to try and cope with potential dislocation yourself and try!

What can not be done with a bruised and broken arm

1. Of course, you can not stay idle! Even if you see that the tissue swelling is small, and the mobility of your limb is not disturbed at all, be sure to take an X-ray, and consult a doctor.
2. In no case can the person be transported without proper fixation of the damaged arm or leg.
3. If a woman breaks her hand, she does not need to try to attach her habitual position to the injured limb on her own, as this will only worsen the condition of the victim.
4. Never practice the independent use of medications - analgesics and ointments from bruises. This must be done strictly after consulting a doctor.

Signs of fracture of the bones of the hand

How can you understand that I broke my arm? Naturally, the following symptoms:

• Quite severe pain;
• Swelling of tissues or their increase in volume;
• hemorrhage;
• A violation of the shape of the bone or the integrity of the joint;
• A broken limb can not move or, on the contrary, is excessively mobile.

To determine if the arm is broken, the doctor will ask you to move it. If you can not do this or if all your attempts are accompanied by pain, a fracture is evident. Be that as it may, the point in this case will be an X-ray photograph of the damaged site.

X-ray

Confirmation of the fracture occurs directly in the hospital or trauma unit using X-ray images in a particular projection.

They will capture the necessary area and help to show the integrity of the joint, the nature of the injury, the presence of existing bone fragments.