Can Someone Please Help its and EMERGENCY!!?

Question

Ok i hurt my Pinky fingure for the

3rd time
Its swollen
black and blue
and i cant bend it
i know its broken but i cant get ot the doctor my parents arnt home and i have no neighbors
other than putting ice on it wat can i do?

Answer 1

first - calm down. It's not an emergency. If you're not bleeding, you'll probably live, and be able to play the piano as well as you could before.

Second - DON'T PUT ICE DIRECTLY ON IT. You don't want to add frostbite to the list of injuries on your hand.

Put the ice in a plastic bag, and wrap the bag in a dish towel. Then hold that against your finger. Put it on for 10-15 minutes, and leave it off for 10-15 minutes.

Third - if it's obviously broken or out of joint - ie, it has a funny bend to the side somewhere, or maybe it's bent backwards in the middle - splint it with something to keep it protected from further injury. You can put a couple of popcycle sticks in either side of it, and wrap it with gauze. You can wrap it with some printer paper or newspaper folded up to about the length of your finger. Or you can just wrap it with gauze or an ace bandage a couple of times, and then wrap the gauze around the next finger. This will help keep it from being bent, and being injured more.

4th - go find a doctor, readycare clinic, or (last choice) the emergency room of a hospital. The last one will cost you the most, and you'll potentially tie up valuable space that a real emergency could need and use.

Answer 2

You could make a small splint using a popsicle stick, some guaze or toilet paper, and some tape around it and your ring finger so it doesn't get bumped more and move around a lot. Ice is good. It's not an emergency, so calm down. You could wait until your parents return to visit the doctor. Since you've done this two times before, you may need some special care when you do get to go.

Here: since you probably can't type, here's info from Web MD:
Self-Care at Home
Make a splint (immobilize your finger even if that means putting a popsicle stick or pen next to it and wrapping something around the stick and your finger).

Apply ice to the injured finger as you head to an emergency department. Do not apply ice directly to your skin. Put a towel between the ice and your finger.

Medical Treatment
Treatment of broken fingers depends on the type of fracture and individual bone in the finger that is injured. The emergency doctor or an orthopedic surgeon will assess the stability of the broken finger.

If the fracture is stable, treatment may be as simple as buddy taping (splinting 1 finger to another by taping them together) for about 4 weeks followed by an additional 2 weeks with no strenuous exercise.

If the fracture is unstable, the injured finger will need to be immobilized. Immobilization is done in several different ways.

Most simply, a splint may be applied after reduction (aligning of the fracture fragments). This usually does not maintain enough stability, and a surgical procedure may be needed.

An orthopedic surgeon has many different techniques for surgical immobilization from pinning with small wires to open procedures with plates and screws. The surgeon will discuss with you which procedure is best.

Answer 3

Do you have any popsickle sticks or anything like an emory Board (finger nail file). If so take the Boards or sticks and hold this against the outside of your finger and wrap tape around them, you need to keep the finger straight and not move it. Also take a couple of Tylenol until your parents get home. Honestly not much a Doctor can do for it except put it in a finger Splint (which you can buy at any drug Store) and keep you on something for pain relief.

Answer 4

Self-Care at Home
Make a splint (immobilize your finger even if that means putting a popsicle stick or pen next to it and wrapping something around the stick and your finger).


Apply ice to the injured finger as you head to an emergency department. Do not apply ice directly to your skin. Put a towel between the ice and your finger.

Also consider taking an anti-inflamatory like Advil..

Answer 5

If you can find a small ice cream stick and tape, Wrap your pinky by placing the ice cream stick on the under side of it and tape the stick to your finger. it does not matter how long the stick is so as long as you can keep your hand in a rested position. Good luck

Answer 6

If your parents work, do you have their work phone numbers to call them? Otherwise, you could take tylenol or ibuprofen to help the pain, etc. Plus, the ice, 20 min on, 20 min off, repeat. If your parents can't come home from work right now (at least one of them), can you call them and get the okay to call 911 to have the medics look at it, and maybe transport you to the emergency room? Or, is there a local bus that could take you to hte dr. or emergency room? With your parents okay, of course. I hope this gets taken care of soon. Take care.

Answer 7

OK,

parents are not home -

try to inmobilize it:

you need:

tape,

something flat about the same width and length as pinky - like popsicle stick

put stick on side and tape finger to it - NOT TOOO tight

just trying to keep in from moving around till mom gets home

J

Answer 8

Take some Advil, put some ice on it, and stay calm.

Pinkies are REALLY hard for a doctor to put a cast on. Chances are he would splint it (tape it to your ring finger) for the time being.

Answer 9

Either keep it on ice or in cold water or tape it and keep it above your heart so it doesn't throb as bad. I've done the same thing before, and I'm sorry to say, but there's not much you can do about it except tape it and let it go.

Answer 10

Be careful when you ice it.
(I gave myself frost bite when icing a broken pinky!)
Take an advil (or tylenol) to reduce the swelling and help with the pain.
Tape your pinky to your 4th finger. This will act as a splint to immobilize it.