Yu gɛt splint bak? Nɔ wɔri, lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis!

Sɔntɛnde, smɔl aksidɛnt dɛn kin apin we wi nɔ de ɛkspɛkt, nɔto so? We wi brok an ɔ leg, ɔ we wi gɛt sɔm kayn injuri na wan jɔyn, dɔktɔ dɛn kin put sɔntin we dɛn kɔl ‘splint’ pan wi. So, if dɛn dɔn put yu pan sɔntin lɛk dat, i nɔmal fɔ mek yu fil fred smɔl. Bɔt nɔ wɔri, dis na sɔntin we go ɛp yu fɔ wɛl. Lɛ wi si wetin na dis splint, wetin kin apin wit am, ɛn aw wi fɔ tek kia ɔf am?

Wetin rili na splint?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, splint na strɔng sɔpɔt we de ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ ebul fɔ muv wan pat pan yu bɔdi we wund, lɛk yu an ɔ yu leg. Imajin se yu gɛt brok bon na yu an. Fɔ mek di bon pat dɛn fit togɛda fayn fayn wan ɛn wɛl, yu nid fɔ mek da pat de nɔ muv. Na da tɛm de wan splint kin kam insay.

Dɛn kin du dis bay we dɛn put di bon dɛn we dɔn brok ɛn di jɔyn dɛn we dɔn wund na wan ples ɛn protɛkt dɛn te dɛn wɛl . Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin yuz splint afta dɛn dɔn ɔpreshɔn fɔ protɛkt di wund te di wund wɛl. Nɔto dat nɔmɔ, yu go tink se na we dɛn bon dɛn brok nɔmɔ dɛn kin yuz dis. Nɔ, dɛn kin yuz dɛn bak fɔ ridyus pen ɛn fɔ gi sɔpɔt to di jɔyn pan sɔm joyn sik dɛn, fɔ ɛgzampul , at at . Dɔn bak, if di mɔsul dɛn wik, ɔ if di mɔsul nɔ de wok fayn bikɔs ɔf sɔntin lɛk paralayz , splint kin ɛp bak.

Wetin dɛn mek dis splint wit?

Naw yu go de wɔnda us kayn tin dɛn mek dɛn splin ya. Dɛn kin mek dɛn wit difrɛn kayn tin dɛn. Sɔm pan di wan dɛn we yu dɔn si na plastic . Ɔda wan dɛn na mɛtal ɔ plasta . Sɔm pan di nyu kayn splin dɛn kin ivin mek wit wan spɛshal tin we dɛn kɔl fayv glas . Dɔktɔ dɛn kin pik dɛn tin ya bay bɔku tin dɛn lɛk aw yu wund, usay i de, ɛn aw lɔng yu want fɔ wɛr am. Tink bɔt am, yu nɔ want fɔ put big, ebi splint pan smɔl prɔblɛm na yu smɔl finga. Semweso, di kayn splint dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ injuri we kin wɛl kwik kwik wan ɛn fɔ injuri fɔ lɔng tɛm kin difrɛn bak. Di men tin na dat i nid fɔ strɔng, ɛn yu nid fɔ fil fayn te yu rich sɔm mak.

Wetin mek sɔntɛnde dɔktɔ dɛn kin put splint instead fɔ put kast?

Yu go dɔn yɛri bɔt wan ‘cast’. Na sɔntin we dɛn kin yuz fɔ sɔpɔt wan an we dɔn brok. So wetin mek sɔntɛnde dɛn kin yuz splint instead fɔ yuz kas? Na dis na di rizin. We yu gɛt injuri, mɔ di bon we brok, di say we de rawnd di injuri kin swel.. Sɔntɛm yusɛf bin gɛt di sem ɛkspiriɛns. Ilɛksɛf yu swɛt yu an ɔ yu brok bon na yu leg, i nɔmal fɔ mek di say swel. If na so i bi, i go fayn fɔ mek yu fɔs put splint. Yu no wetin? Yu kin ajɔst wan splint ɛn lus am as nid de. I kin ɛp fɔ mek di swɛlin nɔ wɔs ɛn blok di blɔd flɔ, ɔ fɔ mek di pen nɔ bɔku. Nɔ lɛk kast, dɛn kin mek splint klos ɔl ɛn i nɔ de muv, ɛn dɛn kin lɛf am opin na wan say ɔ i gɛt strap dɛn we pɔsin kin lus izi wan.

Bɔku tɛm, afta di swɛlin we de rawnd di wund dɔn stɔp, di dɔktɔ go pul di splint ɛn put kast insay am. Dis na bikɔs wan kast de gi mɔ protɛkshɔn pas splint te di bon we brok wɛl. Splint tan lɛk di fɔs mɛrɛsin we dɛn kin put pan di wund. Dɛn kin put kast afta di swɛlin dɔn stɔp ɛn i kin protɛkt am te di bon wɛl ɔl. Yu ɔndastand?

Aw yu fɔ kia fɔ splint we i de na in ples?

Okay, naw we yu gɛt splint, i rili impɔtant fɔ tek kia ɔf am gud gud wan. Bikɔs if i de na in ples, yu wund go wɛl kwik kwik wan. Lɛ wi tek tɛm luk wetin wi fɔ du ɛn wetin wi nɔ fɔ du.

Yu fɔ tink bɔt pen ɛn nɔ fil fayn

Fɔs, if yu fil ɛni pen ɔ nɔ fil fayn afta yu wɛr di splint, yu fɔ rili tɛl yu famili, dat na yu mama ɔ papa . Sɔntɛm i tayt smɔl, ɔ dɛn pinch wan ɛj, ɔ ɔda prɔblɛm de. Nɔ ayd am. Yu kin mek dɛn fiks am bay we yu aks di dɔktɔ. Smɔl pen kin bi bikɔs ɔf di injury, bɔt if di splint mek nyu pen, yu nid fɔ mek dɛn chɛk am.

Tek tɛm mek yu nɔ wet di splint!

Dis rili impɔtant . Nɔ mek yu splint wet ɛni we . If i wet, i kin mek di splint nɔ de sɔpɔt di bon igen. Dis min se i go lɔs in trɛnk ɛn i kin ambɔg di we aw i de wɛl. Nɔto dat nɔmɔ, bɔt wetnɛs nɔ fayn fɔ yu skin bak. I kin mek yu skin gɛt rash, wund, it, ɛn ivin gɛt fɛns infɛkshɔn . So tek tɛm bad bad wan we yu de was ɛn was yu an.

Nɔ put ɛnitin insay, nɔ ivin skrach am!

Sɔntɛnde di skin we de insay di splint kin skrach. We dat apin, wi nɔ go ebul fɔ ɛp am. Bɔt nɔ put ɛnitin – pen, pensil, stik, ɔ nidul – insay di splint fɔ skrach am . If yu du dat, i kin pwɛl di skin ɛn ivin mek yu gɛt baktriyal infɛkshɔn. Semweso, difrɛn kayn loshan, paoda, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn kin mek di skin vɛks.Nɔ put splint insay. Dɛn kin mek yu gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu skin ɛn dɛn kin ivin trap di wata we de na di bɔdi.

Yu nid fɔ tek kia ɔf yu skin bak.

Ɔltɛm chɛk di ed dɛn na di splint fɔ si if i gɛt ɛni rɛd, blista, sɔri, ɔ chenj na di skin kɔlɔ . Pe spɛshal atɛnshɔn to usay di splint bigin ɛn dɔn. If yu si ɛnitin lɛk dis, tɛl yu famili wantɛm wantɛm. Dis kin bi sayn fɔ sho se di splint nɔ fit fayn ɔ sɔntin nɔ rayt na di skin. Dɔn bak, if bad bad smel de, yu fɔ tɛl dɛn, bikɔs dis kin bi sayn fɔ se yu gɛt di sik.

Aw yu kin was wit splint?

Di big kweshon we yu get nau na, ‘Oh, hau a go shawa wit dis?’ Sɔntɛm di dɔktɔ tɛl yu se yu nɔ fɔ pul di splint we yu de shaw, bɔt yu fɔ kɔntinyu fɔ wɛr am. So, di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ mek i nɔ wet .

Na dis na aw yu go ebul fɔ du am:

• I izi fɔ was na bathtub pas fɔ was na shawa . Na bikɔs i izi fɔ mek di splint nɔ wet. Bɔt bɔku pan wi os dɛn nɔ gɛt bathtub. If na so i bi, yu fɔ tek tɛm smɔl. If yu was yu bɔdi insay wata bɛsin, kip di sayd we gɛt di splint fa frɔm di wata as yu ebul.
• Bifo yu shaw, kɔba di splint tayt wit plastic bag . Big bag we nɔ de mek wata pas (klin dɔti bag fayn) na in bɛtɛ. Di tap, ɔ di mɔt, fɔ sidɔm tayt wit rɔba band ɔ watapruf tep fɔ mek wata nɔ go insay.I bɛtɛ fɔ rap di bag rawnd am tu tɛm.
• We yu de was, kip di splinted an/leg oba di wata as yu ebul. If yu de was insay tub, kip am na di sayd we di tub de. If yu de was na bɛsin, mek big pɔsin ɛp yu fɔ mek di say nɔ wet.
• If yu aksidɛntli tɔn sɔm wata, ɔ if di splint wet smɔl, yuz hair dryer pan kol sɛtin ɔ fan fɔ dray am . Nɔ yuz wam briz, bikɔs dis kin pwɛl di splint (especially if na plastic) ɔ di skin.

Impɔtant: If di splint wet tumɔs, ɔ if i go insay di wata, yu fɔ rili tɔk to yu mama ɔ papa ɛn tɛl dɛn. I nɔ fayn fɔ kip am da we de. Sɔntɛm dɛn go nid fɔ chenj am.

If sɔntin lɛk dis apin, yu nid fɔ tɛl di dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm!

We yu de wɛr splint, yu kin gɛt sɔm smɔl smɔl prɔblɛm dɛn. Bɔt if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sik ya, yu fɔ tɛl yu famili ɛn di dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm . Nɔ jɔs ignore dɛn wan ya, okay?

• Di pen so bad dat yu nɔ ebul fɔ bia.If yu fil am, mɔ if di pen nɔr de go ivin afta yu dɔn tek mɛrɛsin wae de mek yu fil pen.
• If di finga ɔ fut finga dɛn na di an ɔ leg usay dɛn put di splint dɔn swel, nɔ gɛt kɔlɔ (lɛk blu ɔ wayt), dɛn nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ trɛnk, fil lɛk se dɛn de kray, ɔ dɛn nɔ de fil igen . Dis kin sho se dɛn de stɔp di blɔd fɔ flɔ, ɔ dɛn kin pinch wan nerv.
• If di splint fil tu tayt, tu big, ɔ tu lɔs , i nɔ go wok ɛn i nɔ go gi di rayt sɔpɔt fɔ di injuri.
• If di splint brok, krak, rɔtin, ɔ ɔda we dɔn pwɛl , dɛn fɔ mek am kwik kwik wan, ɔ di injuri go lɔs in protɛkshɔn.
• If di splint de smɛl bad ɔ if sɔntin lɛk pus kɔmɔt , dɛn tin ya kin bi sayn dɛn fɔ se yu gɛt di sik.
• If yu gɛt fiva .

Na dis kayn tɛm, di bɛst tin fɔ du na fɔ go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan ɛn aks fɔ advays.

Sɔm ɔda impɔtant tin dɛn fɔ yu (Take-Home Message)

Okay, naw a tink se yu ɔndastand bɔku tin bɔt splint. Mɛmba se dis splint tan lɛk yu padi. I de ɛp yu injuri fɔ wɛl. So, na yu wok fɔ kia fɔ am gud gud wan . Yuz am jɔs lɛk aw di dɔktɔ se, ɛn tek kia ɔf am. Fɔ fala di ɔda instrɔkshɔn dɛn we di dɔktɔ gi yu (fɔ ɛgzampul, kip yu an/lɛg ɔp, put ays, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn).

Nɔ wɔri! We yu wɛr splint, dat kin mek yu nɔ fil fayn smɔl. I kin tranga fɔ slip na nɛt, ɛn i kin at fɔ drɛs. Bɔt na fɔ shɔt tɛm nɔmɔ. If yu tek kia ɔf am gud gud wan, i nɔ go te igen yu go ebul fɔ du ɔl wetin yu lɛk bak. We yu an ɔ yu leg dɔn wɛl ɔl, yu nɔ go ivin mɛmba se yu bin gɛt di splint!

So, kɔntinyu fɔ strɔng. A de wish yu fɔ wɛl kwik kwik wan! If yu gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn, nɔ fred fɔ aks di dɔktɔ.

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