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The effect of increasing pneumatic splint pressure on cutaneous oxygen tension measured transcutaneously (TcPO2) was investigated in 12 subjects. The mean initial TcPO2 was 70.6 mmHg. TcPO2 decreased linearly on increasing the pressure within the splint. TcPO2 became zero at a mean splint pressure of 28 mmHg. Second, three accepted methods used by the ambulance crew to assess inflation pressures of the splint were investigated and found to be unreliable. In the light of these findings the risk of ischaemic complications as a result of applying pneumatic splints to a fractured limb is discussed. We advocate a recommended maximum splint pressure of 15 mmHg and that the splint should be manufactured with a security blow-off valve set at 15 mmHg.
K S Christensen, and
S Trautner, and
M Støckel, and
J F Nielsen
September 1984,
Archives of emergency medicine,
K S Christensen, and
S Trautner, and
M Støckel, and
J F Nielsen
October 1966,
Drug and therapeutics bulletin,
K S Christensen, and
S Trautner, and
M Støckel, and
J F Nielsen
January 1973,
Journal of the Royal Naval Medical Service,
K S Christensen, and
S Trautner, and
M Støckel, and
J F Nielsen
August 1967,
JAMA,
K S Christensen, and
S Trautner, and
M Støckel, and
J F Nielsen
April 1967,
JAMA,
K S Christensen, and
S Trautner, and
M Støckel, and
J F Nielsen
December 1974,
Archives of environmental health,
K S Christensen, and
S Trautner, and
M Støckel, and
J F Nielsen
April 1978,
Journal of the American Podiatry Association,
K S Christensen, and
S Trautner, and
M Støckel, and
J F Nielsen
October 2004,
The Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association,
K S Christensen, and
S Trautner, and
M Støckel, and
J F Nielsen
December 1966,
British medical journal,
K S Christensen, and
S Trautner, and
M Støckel, and
J F Nielsen
February 1980,
Chest,
