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==Background==
*Better for most [[Forearm fractures|distal forearm]] and [[Elbow diagnoses|elbow fractures]] because limits flex/extension and pronation/supination

==Indications==
*Complex and unstable [[Forearm fracture|forearm]] and [[elbow fractures]]

==Procedure==
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{{Splint Application General Procedure}}

===Splint-Specific Details===
*Apply padding and splint material as shown in figure
*Splint course:<ref name="Splints and Casts: Indications and Methods"> Splints and Casts: Indications and Methods. http://www.aafp.org/afp/2009/0901/p491.html Accessed April 5, 2017</ref>
**First sugar tong from proximal palmar crease, around elbow, to dorsum of MCP joints
**Second sugar tong from the deltoid insertion distally around the 90-degree flexed elbow, then proximally to 3 inches short of the axilla <ref name="Splints and Casts: Indications and Methods"> Splints and Casts: Indications and Methods. http://www.aafp.org/afp/2009/0901/p491.html Accessed April 5, 2017</ref>
*Key anatomic positions
**Elbow at 90º
**Forearm neutral with thumb pointed superiorly
**Wrist should be maintained in slight extension (approximately 10-20°)

==See Also==
*[[Splinting]]

==References==
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