Day Two: Emergency Situations and Orthopedic Management

 5/10/22

Blog Written: 3:50pm

Start: 8:30am

End: 6:00pm

Today’s Time: 8h30m

Total Time: 16h20m


TRIGGER WARNING: Discussion of Cutting/Blood


Today, my mentor and I covered Emergency Situations and Orthopedic Management; we talked about how we manage and assess each situation. At the end of the day, we went to the Girls JV Lacrosse game. We also went and had our lecture outside on the turf, which was nice to get outside. Chris covered the plan of what the athletic trainers and any first responders will do in case of an emergency that happens in each area of campus. For Farrell Turf Field, we instruct the ambulance to drive to 79 North Street(Farmhouse), and take that access road to the turf field. But because most EMS won’t know what access road to take, the AT will send someone to wait for the EMS and wave them to follow to the emergency site.


We came up with an idea of how to manage an emergency if someone got hurt up in the woods. We thought we should come up with an Emergency Action Plan(EAP) for someone up in the woods because of something that happened last year, and how there wouldn’t be any help for them if they landed just a little bit differently than how they actually landed and how the situation would have had a much worse ending. 


Chris had me come up with a role play of how I would have handled a situation. I really had a lot to choose from so I chose an emergency situation that happened my sophomore year. The case is that a girl fell on the ski hill and ended up slicing open her thigh; she was able to ski in with her friend behind her, but if the cut was just a little bit deeper, she would have been stuck on the hill bleeding out. Luckily, my friend and I were inside the ski lodge, and we were able to help her. I held her leg in hopes to slow down the bleeding, and my friend comforted her. As Chris and I were talking, I realized that only one of us should have stayed with her, holding her leg, while the other went and got help from an adult.


For Orthopedic Management, we talked about splinting. I already knew a little about Traction Splints and Sam Splints, and have used them before; obviously not in an emergency situation, but practice.  I was able to have a vacuum splint used on me and use it on Chris. I also learned about CSM(Circulation, Sensation, and Movement).




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  1. grandmaMay 10, 2022 at 6:22 PM

    I'm enjoying your detailed comments so much. I realize how you must be concentrating on the material. Each step can be so important to the outcome of the injured person.

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