A sprained ankle emergencies

China's traditional Chinese medicine reported

        His ankle is a very common damage, commonly known as the "shot feet." Once it has a sprained ankle, the correct emergency treatment methods are as follows:

        One, to immediately stop walking, sports or labor and other activities, and take a seat or lie down, and at the same time, can use a pillow, bedding or clothes, backpacks the foot pad high, and venous return and thus reduce swelling and pain.

        Second, immediately with ice bag or a cold towel apply local, make the blood capillary systole, to reduce bleeding or filtered out, thus reduce swelling and pain.

        Three, a cold compress and at the same time or a cold compress available bandages, triangle towel after such as cloth compression bandage around the ankle. Also can use a number of wide tape from foot to foot and ankle back paste, fixed ankle, to reduce mobility. No matter bandage or with a tarp paste all should make the injured WaiHuai form sufficient evaginate or injured NaHuai form within feet turned to reduce the collateral ligament injury or muscle force, thus reduce or avoid aggravating damage.

        Four, such as has happened or doubt fractures, should choose two pieces of long about 30 centimeters board or cardboard on the inside of the injured area respectively on both sides, and in the injured area add put MianDian, towel or clothing, then with bandages or triangle content such as towel two pieces of wood fixed ligation. As for open fractures should compression bandage bleeding will again after the fracture fixation.

        Five, the injury to avoid by all means is traditional massage the injured area, avoid by all means is immediately hot compress, hot compress must in the injured after 24 hours beginning.

        Six, the best is single frame the wounded were taken to hospital diagnosis further treatment. Can call when necessary emergency number 120, please professional emergency personnel further treatment. (WangGuiXiang)