scawwy ✦ lucas proust

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maybe ill find a shitpost later

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...Now? Why not.

[ At least this conversation has been perfectly pleasant and distracting. He looks out. ]

Should be easy enough to mimic a limb with a branch. Can use one of the scrap fabrics we have around.

[ He's resourceful. They can take a walk around while grabbing random stuff. ]

Have you ever experienced that level of injury?

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[Time to walk and grab some sticks from their hauntedass forest.]

Personally? I haven't, no. [Blessed...] Though I did have the misfortune of seeing someone else break a bone once... That's about as close as I've gotten. I learned basic splinting once quite a long time ago, but since I've never had to use it, I'd hardly count the knowledge.

[Now he's just thinking about snapped bones and how terrible they are, though.]

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It's not pleasant. Don't really like seeing it either but what can you do.

[ He's a doctor so he sees it all the time, ish. ]

Then just to refresh your memory. Always good to have it on hand.

[ Taking a stick that's probably around the size of a forearm and carefully bending it over his knee, because he isn't strong enough to just do it with his bare hands but also doesn't want to accidentally go too far and snap it fully in half. Get a good crack going. ]

This can do as the model. What do you remember?

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I certainly can't blame you... Doctors have nerves the likes of which I could only dream of having, myself.

[Imagine just seeing bits of BONE sticking out of a PERSON no thanks. He'll watch as Daan works a crack into the branch, frowning very faintly since it isn't all that hard to picture a human limb in place of it.]

Let's see... If I'm remembering correctly, examining the injury comes first? I believe there's another step before securing it to something inflexible and sturdy, but that part, I can't recall.

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[ He snorts a little that Lucas added 'examining the injury' as its own step. Daan may have just assumed that'd be the default, but you never know when people are in a panic. ]

Uh-huh. If the fracture isn't a big deal, it won't be much of a problem. You'd just need to support it. But if it's a bigger break or dislocation, then you'll have to set it so that it's as close to the right position as possible.

Wouldn't want your limbs healing wrong.

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[PEOPLE DO SO MUCH WHEN THEY'RE IN A PANIC!!]

Is there a good way of telling that you've set it as close to right as possible? Especially in instances where you can't see if things are aligning well...

[Do you just. Move the arm until it feels like it's clicking into place like lego bricks????]

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You can run your fingers over it... feel the line. Don't want it healing in a way that feels jagged or there's a bend.

[ Sometimes the body is just a set of legos, my guy. ]

Might hurt, but at least it's usually the worst part. Just takes a moment.

...

Only if it's something that you can set on your own though. If you're seeing bone, and if you're lucky you never should, just get to a hospital as soon as you can.

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[FEEL THE LINE it really is just human legos or a human puzzle... His expression is a little pinched, like he is imagining this and isn't a big fan.]

So in the event that bone is visible, you shouldn't try to splint it, then?

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Not if you're not certain of what you're doing.

If we ever get that dire, we might even have to get surgical. Let's hope we don't.

[ Handing Lucas the fractured branch, some sticks, and a bandage. ]

Do you know how it's done?

[faithkept]

I'll certainly hope it won't come to that. We hardly have the facilities to treat such serious injuries...

[SURGERY! IN THE BARN.

But he'll take the branch and sticks and bandage, moving to set them down so he can look over them for a second.]

I was taught to splint this way--

[With two sticks gently sandwiching the break after he lines the wood bits back up. He won't wrap the bandage just yet though waiting to make sure he's on the right track.]

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Mhm. That's good. The point of a splint is to support the broken limb so that it moves as little as possible until you get better medical care.

[ He nods. ]

So when you wrap, don't be afraid to do it firmly. A little initial pain will outweigh a badly healed fracture later.

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[A nod! He'll start to wrap his stick bundle up, doing his best to go Firm. It's probably still a bit too loose but he's doing his best with no gauge listen.]

Is this the right firmness? Or should it be a little less?

[No that's the wrong direction.]

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You can afford to do more. Enough that there's no wiggle room. To the point where you think it's probably uncomfortable.

[ Unless Lucas is a soft boi who is easily uncomfortable. In that case, try harder or something. ]

[faithkept]

[HELP. Probably uncomfortable is a little vague but he will DO HIS BEST!!

By which i mean he tightens it by a few increments and then glances hesitantly over at Daan again.]

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Better. I'd probably more go for this though.

[ Reaches over and just pulls the fabric TIGHT!!! Makes that thwip sound. There you go. This thing is sturdy. And makes a firm knot. ]

Not hard enough to cut off blood flow, but you shouldn't really be able to do that with a wrap like this.

[ Because then it'd just be a tourniquet. ]

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[WAGH THE THWIP. He will lift the stick bundle to examine the tightness closely and see exactly what it looks like.]

I see! That's quite tight, indeed... But I suppose this bone won't be going anywhere.

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Nope. That's the point.

You shouldn't put any weight on it still, but...

[ He takes it, pressing the tip against the ground and putting some light pressure on it. Between the splint support and wraps, it doesn't budge. ]

In a pinch, you could move on this if you needed to.

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[The idea of running on a broken splinted bone makes his shoulders hunch up just a bit. NOT THAT...]

...I'll hope that things don't come down to that, either. But I do understand what you mean... Ah - if I'm recalling, I also learned that you're meant to hold the arm against the body if possible. Is this true?

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As in straight by the side? Think that might get uncomfortable after a while.

If you're lying down, keeping it elevated would help?

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More like this.

[He folds his arm across his chest. Buddy binding...]

I haven't heard about elevating it, though.

[RICE didn't exist in the 1800s.]

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Ah, yeah. I think that's just what's most comfortable for people. If you leave it hanging, all the blood will pool downward, too.

[ That tracks. ]

That concludes that lesson I think. Pretty simple.

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You have a knack for teaching, yourself. Very concise and easily understood! I appreciate it.

[HE PASSED THE COURSE!! He will carefully start to unwrap the sticks so he can give the bandage back to Daan.]

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...

Only forwarding how I learned it, I suppose...

I wasn't very good at learning it all from books, so I got demonstrations much like this.

[faithkept]

Hands-on is a good teaching style, undoubtedly. It's much easier to show some things in practice rather than in mere principle.

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I'm just not a reader.

Even the thought of a book makes me kind of want to yawn...