Insert a dry gauze or cotton material between the 2nd and 3rd fingers.
Left radial gutter splint.
This splint gets its name because these fingers are.
Wrist should be placed in slight extension approximately 20 and mcp should be flexed 70 90 degrees with the dip and pip in slight flexion.
This splint immobilizes finger metacarpal neck and shaft fractures on the hand s side ne.
Use plaster that is 3 4 in.
Bisect the splint longitudinally from the fingertips to the wrist.
The radial gutter splint provides both volar and dorsal splint immobilization of these metacarpal injuries.
Universal sizing specify right or left.
For an average sized adult a radial gutter splint should be eight to 10 layers thick.
This video explains how to apply a radial gutter splint correctly.
Reversible can be used as a radial gutter splint.
Maintain position until splint material has hardened and secure splint to arm e g.
Ace wraps reassess distal pulse motor and sensation.
Radial gutter splints are used for fractures and severe sprains to the second and third metacarpals and phalanges pointer and middle fingers.
Cut out a 3 or 4 inch splint material to the length necessary to immobilize the wrist and mcp joint.
After counting the layers measure the plaster from the second.
Padded stays are malleable.