How Do You Splint A Fractured Rib In The Wilderness?
• Try settling down for a short time to see if the pain subsides a little. For the first few minutes you may feel like moving is not possible. • Apply pressure to open wounds, and attend to cuts and punctures, if any. • Expect to hurt worse in a day or two when the muscles become swollen and very sore. • Get moving quickly, because you have to deal with it before you are extremely sore. So, avoid unnecessary lounging, sleeping and resting for more than several minutes. It will mainly waste time. • Get emergency help, transportation if possible, medical advice and attention as soon as practical. • Expect little treatment and no surgery unless there are multiple fractures, open fractures, lung involvement, or complications such as infection, drainage of puncture wounds, etc. • Consider how the ribs are encased in muscles and connective tissues which may be extremely sore for weeks, and take several months to become comfortable and complete recovery to normal. • Seek immediate life-suppor
