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Save Lives Like a Combat Medic: How to Splint a Lower-Leg Fracture
https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/save-lives-like-a-combat-medic-how-to-splint-a-lower-leg-fracture/
(Snip) ... You don’t have pre-made braces, crutches, or cast-making material on hand, and you probably don’t have the tools to properly set a broken bone. What you do have is a first aid kit (maybe), a pocket knife, the clothes on your back, and the woods around you. These are all the tools you need for a makeshift splint that could mean the difference between life and death.
Never mind all the rules you’ve learned about first aid, or all the technical gear you wish you had. You simply need to improvise. ---CONTINUED at LINK, above---