First Aids for breaking Hand in the School

   Written by: Muhammad Arif Rahimi

Some students break their hands in schools. If they do not get the first aids, they might face some crucial problems.

AEPO’s writer/producer has talked to some students and a physician about this issue.

Jawadullah, a resident of Nangarhar province says: “I was playing on the school playground and I fell down and broke my hand and no one helped me.  My hand swollen and they took me to the hospital. At the hospital, they inserted a metal rod in my hand and my bone healed crooked and now I could not pick up a weight with my affected hand.”

Wasil, a resident of Parwan province says: “the hand of one of our classmates broke and we tied it very tight and his hand healed twisted and he could not write with his that hand.”

Doctor Samiullah, an orthopedist in Indira Gandhi Child Hospital, Kabul city says: “if a child breaks his/her hand in the school, and if he/she has internal bleeding, it might have a severe pain, it might swell and lose its movement and if they do not apply fist aids, it might heal crooked and then he/she could not even eat with his/her hand, and if he/she cuts his/her veins and does not treat on time, it might paralyze and the doctors might cut his/her hand.”

How do people help broken hand?

Ghunchagul, an eighth-grade student of Sola High School, Dihsabz district, Kabul province says: “I broke my hand during playing in the school ground. A teacher of the health committee of the school kept one splint under my broken hand and the other upon it and tied them with a soft bandage and then they took me to the hospital.”

Lutfullah, a tenth-grade student of the mentioned school says: “when I broke my hand in the school, they tied it with a cloth and hanged it around my neck and then they took me to the hospital.”

Doctor Samiullah says: “Tie a splint on the lower arm with a soft bandage. Cardboard, a wooden board or other stiff material can be used as a splint. Make a sling and place the person's arm in it. Tie the sling around his/her neck and then take the injured person to the hospital.”