How to give first aid for a broken lower leg

  The treatment of fractures of the lower leg includes general treatment, dressing of the wound formed after the injury, fixation of the lower leg and transfer to the hospital, as well as effective hospital treatment.  The first thing is to stabilize the patient’s vital signs. If the patient is in a state of shock, the main task should be to fight shock and keep him warm. For comatose patients, it is also important to keep the airway open and stabilize the patient’s vital signs. If there is open injury for wound dressing is also very critical, you can use bandage pressure bandage method, if there is bleeding of large vessels, to use pressure hemostasis, surgical hemostasis, etc. If there is fracture end, wound contamination, should be promptly transported to the hospital for treatment, treatment clean and then reset. The fracture site should be fixed at the time of transfer to avoid soft tissue damage, vascular damage or neurological damage during transport, which helps to prevent the occurrence of shock after fracture.  Patients with fractures should be transported to the hospital for timely treatment, and the most effective treatment methods should be developed according to the specific situation, such as plaster fixation, surgery, etc.