Online Continuing Education Courses

Splints Acting on the Wrist

• Discuss diagnostic indications for wrist immobilization splints
• Identify reasons to serial splint with a wrist immobilization splint
• Identify major features of wrist immobilization splints
• Outline 5 steps involved in the fabrication process for a volar or dorsal wrist splint
• Relate hints for a proper fit to a wrist immobilization splint
• Review precautions for wrist immobilization splinting
• Use clinical reasoning to evaluate a problematic wrist immobilization splint
• Use clinical reasoning to evaluate a fabricated wrist immobilization splint
• Apply knowledge about the application of wrist immobilization splints to a case study
• Describe the importance of evidenced-based practice with wrist splint provision
• Describe the appropriate use of prefabricated wrist splints