What is a CT6 splint?

The CT6 Femoral Traction Leg Splint is a compact, powerful, reliable device that helps relieve pain and prevents further damage to surrounding muscle and tissue while reducing the risk of death caused from severed arteries. It has been designed for pre hospital and patient transport.

What is a Thomas splint used for?

The modern “Thomas” splint is one of the most common pieces of medical equipment used in hospitals. It is a simple tool used to effectively immobilize limbs and has successfully reduced the morbidity and mortality that was once involved with limb fractures.

When should a traction splint be used?

Femoral traction splints are used to temporarily stabilize and possibly reduce femoral shaft fractures. Femoral traction splints are designed to apply traction to the lower portion of the leg, distal to the fracture, usually by pulling the ankle away from a stabilized pelvis.

How does a traction splint work?

The basic principle is that one end of the traction splint is positioned against the hip, and pushes upward against the pelvic bone. A strap around the foot and ankle is connected to the other end of the splint, and tightened to counteract the muscle tension and produce traction.

What are the contraindications to the use of a traction splint?

Patients with osteoporosis are possible contraindications, as are elderly patients with fragile skin. Traction splints should not be used for proximal or distal fractures of the femur, or where there are knee, lower leg, ankle or foot injuries, or in patients with pelvic fractures.

What are the 3 types of splints and what do they do?

Rigid Splint: Any rigid object, such as wood or plastic boards, broomstick, book or a rolled-out newspapers, which can be used to splint a fractured arm or leg. Flexible Splint: Any flexible object, like a pillow or a bed sheet with several folds. This type is used for foot, ankle and joint fractures.

What are the types of splint?

Commonly Used Splints and Casts

Area of injury Type of splint
Forearm/wrist Volar/dorsal forearm, single sugar-tong
Elbow/forearm Long arm posterior, double sugar-tong
Knee Posterior knee, off-the-shelf immobilizer
Tibia/fibula Posterior ankle (mid-shaft and distal fractures), bulky Jones

What are the indications for a traction splint?

Traction splints should be used for isolated femoral fractures and gunshot wounds in victims without concomitant life-threatening injuries. In an open or gunshot fracture, the indication for splinting is even greater, due to the possibility of neurovascular and extensive soft tissue injuries.

When should you not use a traction splint?

What are the types of splints?

What are the 4 methods of splinting?

Splint Types

  • Hand. Buddy tape splint. Finger splint.
  • Arm. Coaptation splint. Forearm volar splint‎ Long arm posterior splint. Radial gutter splint. Sling and swathe splint. Sugar tong splint. Double sugar tong splint. Thumb spica splint. Ulnar gutter splint.
  • Leg. Long leg posterior splint. Stirrup splint. Posterior ankle splint.

When do you need a CPT code for a splint?

Answer: The coder is correct in this case. The splint application CPT codes are used when a physician or provider such as a PT or OT creates a splint from “raw materials”, such as plaster, fiberglass, padding, and ace bandages. Examples include sugar tong splints and thumb spica splints, among others.

What does the CT-6 traction splint do for You?

The CT-6 helps relieve patient pain and prevents further damage to surrounding muscle and tissue while reducing the risk of death caused from severed arteries. The CT-6 is made of carbon tubing which snaps together via an internal bungee.

How does a femoral traction splint reduce pain?

Femoral traction splint The application of a correctly applied traction splint reduces haemorrhage, muscle spasms and immobilises the limb preventing further damage to the surrounding tissue and anatomical structures. This leads to a reduction in pain but appropriate analgesia is required prior to and following the application of the splint.

Are there any contraindications for using a traction splint?

Contraindications for the use of traction splint: ü Injury is close to the knee ü Injury to the knee ü Injury to the hip ü Injury to the pelvis ü Partial amputation or avulsion with bone separation, distal limb is connected only by marginal tissue. • Take appropriate body substance isolation precautions.