splint
Keeps bones still
A splint is a rigid support used to immobilize a broken bone or injured joint during healing.
Splints can be improvised from boards, sticks, or rolled magazines, or manufactured as medical devices.
To splint is to secure with such a support: The paramedic splinted her arm before transport.
In horses, splints are bony growths on the leg.
Performers, throw, or splint
- braceDevice providing structural stability
- orthosisExternal body support device
- stabilizeMake firm or constant
- immobilizeStop all motion
fracture · bandage · strapping · rigid · fixation · support · sling · alignment
Split in hard material
- breakInterrupt continuity
- boneHard skeletal tissue
- sprainLigament stretch injury
- traumaLasting psychological wound
dislocation · crack · healing · swelling · bruise · pain · emergency · accident
cast
Performers, throw, or splint
- braceDevice providing structural stability
- orthosisExternal body support device
- stabilizeMake firm or constant
immobilize · fracture · bandage · strapping · rigid · fixation · support · sling · alignment · secure
fracture
Split in hard material
trauma · dislocation · crack · healing · swelling · bruise · pain · emergency · accident · mend
thin
Small in diameter
basketry · wicker · lath · kindling · tinder · shaving · chip · fragment · shard · sliver
wood
Tree-derived building material
plastic · fiberglass · plaster · foam · padded · lightweight · rigid · flexible · moldable · disposable
- Emergency MedicineEMT, emergency medicine, EMS, paramedic, paramedics
- safetysafety helmet, hazard, airbag, alert, occupational safety
- first aidbandage, bandages, first aid kit, tourniquet, gauze pads
- remediesremedy, cure, medicine, treatment, medications
- rescue equipmentlife jacket, life vest, life buoy, life preserver, life net
- air rescuemedevac, air ambulance, helicopter rescue, airlift, life flight
splintcast
Performers, throw, or splint
plaster cast · full cast · elastic wrap · free movement · no support
splintcushion
Stuffed fabric for comfort
padding · elastic bandage · unsupported · unrestricted · free
- splinter groupBreakaway subset of organization
- shin splintsInflammation along the shinbone
- wrist splintOrthopedic arm immobilizer
- finger splintDevice stabilizing injured finger
- splinter partyPolitical breakaway group
- splinter removalExtracting embedded fragments
splinter, splinters, splintered, splintering, splintery, splints, splinting, splinted, unsplintered