Your Patient Is a 30-Year-Old Machinist Who Had His Right

Multiple Choice

Your patient is a 30-year-old machinist who had his right hand caught in a press. Upon extrication, there is no evidence of significant trauma. You should:

A) splint the hand in the position found, elevate above the heart, apply ice.
B) splint in position of function, start an IV of normal saline, consider morphine for analgesia.
C) wrap the hand in a bulky dressing held in place by an elastic bandage.
D) apply oxygen by nonrebreather, splint using a sling and swath, insert a large-bore IV of lactated Ringer's.