|Articles|July 1, 2009

Splint application: Step 4

Author(s)Dennis T. (Tim) Crowe, Jr., DVM, DACVS, DACVECC, FCCM, DACHM, NREMT-I, CFF

Part four of this step-by-step veterinary pictorial tutorial shows how to use newspaper to make spica, meta and back splints.

Bring up the stirrups along the lateral and medial sides of the splint and use tape to secure them snuggly.

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