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When a serious accident occurs on a trip, make camp at the spot immediately. Pitch the tent, get the victim into a sleeping bag, start the stove, and perform the necessary treatment. Hot tea, coffee, or chocolate is helpful when the patient is able to take and retain it; but avoid too much fluid, for it is then sometimes necessary for the patient, soon afterward, to empty his bladder—an extremely difficult feat if he is supine, and especially if he has a traction splint on his leg.
Fig. 13. Adhesive traction for fractured leg or thigh. Three-inch adhesive tape is applied along side of leg, beginning just below knee. Tape is extended three inches below sole of foot and is brought back up other side of leg the same distance. A spreader is put across the stirrup. Adhesive is then anchored by a spiral reverse from ankle to knee. Traction is applied by the usual windlass between stirrup and end of leg splint. |
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