Word: splinted
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Practicing wilderness first aid ensures that at least some of the benefits of treating within the golden hour are not lost. In urban first aid, for example, you're taught to splint a suspected sprain, strain or fracture as close as you can to the position you found it in. Under wilderness conditions, you need to be alert to the possibility that nerves or the blood supply in the affected limb may have been cut off, requiring you to pull gently and straighten it out before splinting to restore circulation and sensation. Otherwise, the accident victim could permanently lose...
...Splint boots are placed on him at night and removed in the morning. They are made of a solid piece of strong plastic and are wrapped around each foot to prevent what is called foot drop. If Reeve did not have that support, his feet would eventually droop; this keeps them at a normal angle. His wrists and fingers have splints on them every night for the same purpose...
...need an M.D. to know the difference between a shin splint and a head cold. So why should you have to run to the doctor every time you need a little extra pain relief or a more potent sinus drug? The answer: increasingly, you won't have to. A number of drugs that were once dispensed only with a doctor's prescription are now primed to arrive on shelves at convenience stores and groceries. More and more, pharmaceutical firms are asking officials at the Food and Drug Administration to approve certain medications that the companies say are safe enough...