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Finger & Wrist Splinting
Learning Objectives:
Following the completion of this lecture, the participant will be able to:
• Recognize when to splint versus when to refer to the ER/UC/orthopedic clinic
• Understand what NOT to do when splinting a finger, wrist, and hand injury versus proper splinting
• Recognize that “the jammed finger” is not benign
• Review common over the counter splints that can be purchased for your office or by the patient and their applications
• Review application of orthoglass splint w/ ace wrap versus out of the box splints
• Review pertinent anatomy of various injuries requiring splint application in the finger, thumb, hand, wrist and forearm
• Review some commonly missed “zebras” of the hand and wrist
• Understand when to apply your own versus have patient obtain OTC splint
Micah Jones, DO
Dr. Jones is an orthopedic hand, elbow, and shoulder surgeon in Salem, Virginia. He earned his medical degree from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Erie, Pennsylvania. He continued his education with a Michigan State-sponsored residency at Botsford Hospital in Farmington Hills, Michigan in orthopedic surgery, where he served as co-Chief Resident in his program, earning honors in research before graduating. His residency training consisted of total joints, trauma, spine, sports medicine, peds, foot and ankle, and hand/shoulder/elbow.
Dr. Jones completed the prestigious one-year Kleinert Kutz Adult Hand Fellowship in Louisville, Kentucky. He completed his second fellowship in pediatric hand/upper extremity at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
Disclosures: None
