fandomhigh | First Aid Workshop # 5, Tuesday Morning

Elliot seems a little gleeful as she welcomes the students.

"Okay, so today? Is broken bone day. Well, actually, it's about fractures, sprains, strains and dislocations in general. See, they're all really hard to tell apart without an X-ray or medical training. So the rule is to always, always act like it's a fracture. Patients might report a "grating" sensation of bones rubbing together, extreme pain, tenderness, swelling, bruising and an inability to move the injured part. In first aid, you control any bleeding, take care of any shock, splint the affected area, and apply cold packs.

Victims with traumatic injuries, like what you'd see from a car wreck or a fall, should not be moved except by trained rescue workers. Head, neck and back injuries are serious and require special care for movement and transport of victims with these conditions.The one exception is if the victim is genuinely at risk of further injury -- like, if a car crash with people still in the cars is on train tracks. If that's going on, stabilize the head and neck and move the person without flexing the head, neck or spinal cord.

I've split you guys into groups of three: you should all watch me demonstrate splint technique for all fracture areas, and then practice it yourselves on the body parts you've been assigned. Work on each other, or ... well, the good news is, the Danger Shop has quit sending up badgers when I asked for victims. The bad news is, it's giving me miniature llamas instead. If someone knows how to actually work this thing, let me know, otherwise you can practice veterinary medicine, or tape up each other. If you don't want to work on each other? Watch out for the llama spit."

[OOC: OCD is up. Mod "victims" as appropriate.]

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Collapsingly!

Talk to Elliot or people not in your group here.

Elliot demonstrates proper treatment for jaw (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000019.htm) & neck (http://familyfun.go.com/parenting/child/health/firstaidguide/dony69hl_neck/) fractures.

How to splint a broken . arm (http://www.emedicinehealth.com/broken_arm/article_em.htm) (or front leg) & collarbone (http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=173&topcategory=Shoulder).

Elliot shows how to wrap a broken leg (http://www.emedicinehealth.com/broken_leg/article_em.htm) or ankle (http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/ankleproblems/a/anklefracture_2.htm).

Turns out llamas can kick.

Handling fractures of the Spine (http://www.ski-injury.com/spinal1.htm) & pelvis (http://www.ehow.com/how_8315_treat-fractured-pelvis.html) .

Drinking heavily cannot hurt.

Wrapping an owy Rib cage (http://www.ehow.com/how_10228_treat-rib-fracture.html) or shoulder (http://www.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/sts14566.asp).

All done!

M. Parker

Parker looked dubiously at the materials, then at the people in her group. "I vote arm. Because the collarbone looks like a way to end up in knots."

Peter Pevensie

"Right, so we need to immobilise the victim first?"

V. Cally.

Walter Dornez

Walter knelt by their pelvic injury demo victim. "With these injuries, ideally we'd wait for medical professionals to come get them." He looked up at Peter. "How often are you and I going to get that?"

Jamie gives the llama a wary look. "Do those things spit like camels? Because if so I'd prefer to take care of a human today."

Jamie Madrox

Elliot stopped by the group. "If you want, you could swap out to the shoulder station," she told the boys cheerily. "I don't want any one group of people to always get the worst injuries, and I don't think Briar or Lilly is here."

"They spit worse," Elliot informed him. "It's icky. But hey, ick is part of medicine."

Walter shook his head at Elliot. "Thank you, but I'm going home to a war. I can use all the experience I can get before it's real."

"Sounds like a plan," she said. "But seriously, holler for me if you need extra guidance."

Peter laughed a bit humourlessly. "In our lifetime? Not going to happen."

"We will," Peter said with a nod. "But Walter's absolutely right."

"Right then. So, it's a given that in a situation where we can get professionals to come, we keep the person immobile and wait. But if, for instance, our friend has fallen behind enemy lines and the medics can't get there, this (http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/firstaid/splint.shtml) ~~handwavy piece of information~~ says to strap together the victim's legs with a blanket between them and transport them on a board."

In the meantime, their victim was looking pale and complaining that he felt as though he was going to come apart at the seams.

Peter nodded. "Seems like a sound plan to me." He looked around for a stretcher and backboard.

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First Aid Workshop # 5, Tuesday Morning

Sign In, First Aid, 6/20

General workshop stuff, First Aid, 6/20

Group 1: Seras Victoria, Peter Parker, Dawn Summers

Group 2: Veruca Cally, M. Parker, Z Delgado

Group 3: Greg Sanders, Jamie Madrox, Cordelia Chase

Group 4: Peter Pevensie, Isabel Evans, Walter Dornez

Group 5: Briar Moss, Lilly Kane, Shawn Farrell

OOC, First Aid, 6/20

Re: Sign In, First Aid, 6/20

Re: Group 2: Veruca Cally, M. Parker, Z Delgado

Re: Sign In, First Aid, 6/20

Re: Group 4: Peter Pevensie, Isabel Evans, Walter Dornez

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Re: Group 3: Greg Sanders, Jamie Madrox, Cordelia Chase

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Re: Group 4: Peter Pevensie, Isabel Evans, Walter Dornez

Re: Group 3: Greg Sanders, Jamie Madrox, Cordelia Chase

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