An anatomical splint is used when the person’s body is the splint. For example, you can splint an arm to the chest or an injured leg to the uninjured leg.
Anatomical splints are usually reserved for fingers and toes, but, in an emergency, legs may also be splinted together.
Soft materials should be used to fill the gap between the splinting material and the body part.
With this type of injury, there will be swelling. Remove restrictive clothing, shoes, and jewelry when necessary to prevent these items from acting as unintended tourniquets.
