If you have a broken BONE, you may experience these signs and symptoms:

• Immediate, throbbing pain
• Pain that increases with activity and decreases with rest
• Swelling
• Bruising
• Tenderness
• Deformity
• Inability to walk or bear weight
• Cuts, puncture wounds or protrusion of bone fragments

Some people feel or hear a snap at the time of injury and assume that means something has broken. However, a snapping sound or feeling is not always a sign of a fracture.

WE CANNOT RESET BONES. WE MUST ONLY IMMOBILIZE THE INJURY AND GET THE PERSON TO A DOCTOR.

IF THE BONE HAS BROKEN THE SKIN YOU SHOULD WET A GAUZE PAD AND PLACE IT OVER THE BONE STICKING OUT.

NEVER WASH THE AREA IF THE BONE IS STICKING OUT

COVER AND GET THEM HELP ASAP