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Chapter 120 Emergency Response Methods for Field Injuries

Here I want to talk about some emergency solutions if you accidentally sprain your foot in the wild, or break a bone.

Common injury consequences of sprained feet include: soft tissue contusion/edema, ligament tear/rupture, and fracture.

The location of the injury is also different: the distal fibula, the distal tibiofibular joint, the talus, the fifth metatarsal, etc., so the location of the swelling is usually related to the specific injury site.

Was there a loud bang at the moment of the injury?
It was so loud that the people around could hear it.Be careful in this case, the sound means that the bone has moved or impacted rapidly at the moment of injury, and it may be a ligament rupture.

Of course, don’t worry if you hear the sound, you can continue to observe.After all, some people can crack their bones without getting hurt, right?
What else the ankle can do after the injury can also help us approximate the severity.

After all, if it is only a slight soft tissue sprain, you can continue to exercise in most cases, which means that there is almost no decline in ankle function, which indirectly means that the injury is not serious.

But if you've already turned your back on one leg after being injured, be careful!We rank ankle function after injury as follows:
Can continue to exercise.

Stopped exercising but could walk normally.

Stop moving, limp.

Stop motion, limping with assistance.

Stop exercising, and the affected leg is not weight-bearing with someone's assistance.

Stop motion and not move.

The more severe the injury, the greater the impact on ankle function and the greater the impact on your activities.

At the moment of injury, the rapid tearing of the ankle soft tissue will cause a large amount of interstitial fluid to leak out, which will quickly cause swelling.

The greater the degree of injury, the more exudation of interstitial fluid will be caused, and the reaction on the body surface will be rapid appearance, continuous spread, large-scale swelling, and even obvious ecchymosis.

So, if the swelling continues to expand after an injury and there is a noticeable change in skin color, it represents an extensive soft tissue tear.

Sprained ankle, which is called ankle sprain in professional terms, is a clinically common disease, and the incidence rate is the highest in each joint and ligament injury of the whole body.

Due to its anatomical and physiological characteristics, the ankle joint has a greater range of motion in plantarflexion (that is, when the foot is hooked), and the joint is looser, so the ankle joint is more prone to valgus/varus sprains in plantarflexion.

However, since the medial triangular ligament of the ankle joint is still relatively hard, the chance of varus sprains is still very small.

Ligaments help stabilize the joint and prevent excessive movement. An ankle sprain occurs when a ligament is forced beyond its normal range of motion. It can cause damage to the anterior talofibular and calcaneofibular ligaments on the lateral malleolus, and the deltoid ligament on the medial malleolus. , and the muscles near the joint, but most occur with lateral ligament injuries.

A grade 1 injury is a minor sprain; the ligaments remain intact and the ankle feels stable.May be a little sore and stiff

Grade 2 injury is partial tear or partial rupture of one or more ligaments; MRI shows obvious tearing of fibers.Joint instability with swelling and moderate pain

A grade 3 injury is a complete rupture of one or more ligaments, which is often more serious, usually due to an injury caused by a large external force, and is accompanied by fractures and other ligament damage.Fractures from such sprains may be avulsion fractures.

Generally, short-term ice compresses can be used on the day of the sprain to reduce capillary bleeding, and then corresponding methods can be used for later rehabilitation.

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