
Sager® Emergency Traction Splints and the Minto Fracture Kit
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Section
Three
:
Mechanism of action and
Sager’s application for
splinting femoral fractures
When a patient suffers a fractured femur, the large
muscles surrounding the bone react by going into spasm
which causes severe pain. Traction splinting prevents
further injury and breaks the spasm which eliminates the
major source of pain.