First aid to the injured : being the hand-book describing aids for cases of injuries or sudden illness / originally written by Peter Shepherd ; edited and re-written by Robert Bruce.

Peter Shepherd

Date:: 1895

Credit: First aid to the injured : being the hand-book describing aids for cases of injuries or sudden illness / originally written by Peter Shepherd ; edited and re-written by Robert Bruce. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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$FRACTURE OF COLLAR-BONE. The patient will probably be seen holding the elbow of the injured side with his sound hand : his head will be inclined towards the injured side. If the finger be passed along the collar-bone, a depression and sharp edge may be felt, as if the bone were coming through the skin. The patient will be unable to raise the arm above the shoulder. Treatment.—Place a pad of some firm material,. such as a triangular bandage or hand- kerchief rolled tightly, in the armpit; raise the arm gently, and sling it with the large arm-sling, then tie the arm to the side by a broad bandage, passing round the arm and chest outside the sling. The bandage binding the arm to the side must always be placed as near the elbow as possible, as the arm is to act as a lever to draw,out the outer end of the frac- tured bone (Fig.a17).$