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14th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH), 11th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT)

17.06. - 21.06.2019, Berlin

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Color Code Geneva: Emergency splinting for hand and wrist fractures

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  • presenting/speaker Nicolas Bailly - HWU Meyrin/Geneva, Genève, Switzerland

International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand. International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy. 14th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH), 11th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT), 11th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT). Berlin, 17.-21.06.2019. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2020. DocIFSHT19-1200

doi: 10.3205/19ifssh1510, urn:nbn:de:0183-19ifssh15104

Published: February 6, 2020

© 2020 Bailly.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. See license information at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

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Clinical issue/s: The aim is to create a simply pattern to limit complications caused by an overcautious immobilisation of joints. To reduce the stiffness and to find the balance between mobility and safety. To help therapists and doctors to make the good decision about the immobilisation of the hand.

Clinical reasoning: Based on literature review, anatomic, practical and biomechanical collective knowledge and practice of a team of hand surgeons, hand therapists and emergency doctors, we have developed a technique for emergency immobilisation that is the most safe and least traumatic for the area around the injury.

Innovative, analytical or new approach: We created a color coding system which provides a more practical and striking visual aide. Each color represents a solution for emergency immobilisation, according to the fracture zone, until the patient sees a hand specialist.

Contribution to advancing HT practice: The daily practice of both hand specialist and generalists in the emergency centers, enabled use to develop a color code for immobilisation of joints in emergency and preventative situations. This color code could have a prominent place in médical and paramédical practices.