This mistake can cost the injured person his health. And in the countries of Europe and the United States for such "help" you may well be sued. What should not be done in case of dislocation?
Winter comes into its own: the season of ice and falls is coming, and the first casualties are already being accepted in emergency rooms. According to statistics, in winter, the number of injuries increases by 30-40%. And the most common of them is dislocation. Many of our fellow citizens do not consider this trauma a serious problem and try to “cure” it on their own. What is it fraught with, and what should in no case be done in case of dislocation, the doctor of medical sciences said on the air of the Ukraine TV channel Evgeny Komarovsky.
Imagine a situation: you or your child slipped on the ice and collapsed to the ground in the most cheerful way. Often this situation turns into just pain in the fifth point, but there are times when a person injures a limb. There are two common types of injury - these are
fracture and dislocation. In the first case, the integrity of the bone is damaged, in the second case, the bone remains intact, but leaves its normal position in the joint.Both of these injuries are quite dangerous, and at first glance it can be difficult to distinguish between them. The main difference is that with a fracture, the length and shape of the limb usually change, and with a dislocation, the limb does not visually change (with the exception of edema). However, in any situation, doctors strongly recommend contacting the emergency room - only a traumatologist, based on an X-ray, can accurately diagnose the problem.
What do our conscientious citizens usually do? Having determined the dislocation "by eye", they try to correct it on their own. “This is the most common mistake,” emphasized Yevgeny Komarovsky. And he warned that in many developed countries for such unauthorized assistance per person can even be sued.
The fact is that people without medical education have no idea how to properly insert the bone into place. They begin to randomly twist and jerk the limb, as a result, the problem is only exacerbated. This practice is especially dangerous in the case of young children. Not only will you cause severe pain to the child with your careless actions, you can further damage the limb. Children's joints and ligaments are much more mobile than those of adults: due to this, a knowledgeable person can easily correct a dislocation, and an unknowing person can shift the bone to the side even more.
First aid, which can and should be provided to a person if a dislocation is suspected, is to immobilize the injured limb as much as possible, Komarovsky recommends. If possible, go to a specialist right away. If you call a doctor at home, apply something cold to the injury site before his arrival, this will relieve swelling and reduce pain. Just don't put ice over the limb: this way you will provoke tissue frostbite. Be sure to wrap the cold item in several layers of cloth.
Do not hesitate and wait for the problem to go away on its own. Dislocations do not resolve, Komarovsky warns. Moreover, only a "fresh" dislocation within a few days after the injury can be corrected in a closed manner. If the injury is long-standing, most likely, you will have to resort to surgery.
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