Long arm posterior splint

Background

• Doesn’t completely eliminate supination / pronation
  • either add an anterior splint or use a double sugar-tong if complex or unstable distal forearm fx

Indications

• Elbow and forearm injuries
  • Distal humerus fracture
  • Both-bone forearm fracture
  • Unstable proximal radius or ulna fracture (sugar-tong better)

See Also

• Splinting