Posted on Mar 21, 2018
Capt Sabrena Goldman
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Experienced or treated a boxer fracture in the field?

This is a question for all you knuckle dragging barbarians and Ranger candy haters and for the angel nurses, combat medics, flight surgeons, nurse practitioners and superhero PAs etc.

How many of you have had or treated boxer fractures in the field?

Occurred in field, training or barracks?

Any experience delayed treatment due to mission?

Surgically repaired or not? Immobilized?
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Cpl Mark A. Morris
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Just tape an aspirin to it and wrap issues with dark duct tape. It works like a miracle. Honest.
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Capt Sabrena Goldman
Capt Sabrena Goldman
6 y
Duck tape, a dudes best friend!
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Capt Sabrena Goldman
Capt Sabrena Goldman
6 y
Or duck
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Capt Sabrena Goldman
Capt Sabrena Goldman
6 y
You might not get a boxer if you remember your spacing and to duck lol Brazilian Jujitsu lesson number one is all about using your space.
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2LT Ronald Reimer
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Treated several in the field. Metacarpal block with bupivicaine, closed reduction and ulnar gutter splint for 1 week, then cast. Healed well without surgery. No sequelae that I’m aware of.
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Capt Sabrena Goldman
Capt Sabrena Goldman
6 y
Extremely nice of you to give the buvicaine.
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Capt Sabrena Goldman
Capt Sabrena Goldman
6 y
*bupivicane
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SGT Program Coordinator
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Sorry no boxer fractures, I had a leg fracture. "Ouch"
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CW3 Jeff Held
CW3 Jeff Held
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Sweet! Got that kind of hardware in my neck.
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CW3 Jeff Held - Notice the one screw is broke, when I got the hardware out, I had three broken screws and the plate was broke too.
As I told the doctor, "I have no idea how it got broke." Lol
To tell you the truth, I was out side in my wheel chair, welding a new bumper for my truck.
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MSG Dan Walther - It sure was hard to get the truck up, in a wheel chair. To get lower, I got out of the wheel chair and crawled on the ground, learned that in the infantry. Lol
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