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Originally Posted by greg737
Also, moving (re-aligning) the girl's ankle before real EMTs arrive with the intention of making it less painful(?) or perhaps just less horrifying to the bystanders runs the risk of breaking the artery at that point.
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After renewing my first aid training last year and I thought the same thing. "Immobilize" was the focus. The way a few of us locally were trained, "realignment" is part of treatment, NOT sustaining until properly equipped and skilled medics arrive on site. Moving body parts around that aren't supposed to move can cause more harm than good.