This Victorian Invention Saved Thousands In WW1
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- The incredible Thomas Splint changed the mortality rate of broken femurs on the battlefield from an 80% chance of dying to an 80% chance of surviving.
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Berries and cream
Berries and cream
I'M a lItTlE lAd tHaT lOveS
Berries and cream
💃
I think you have to be awake so you can feel it right?
I’m just gonna subscribe to y’all for free😂
Sir I think many (especially but not exclusively the women) would love to see a document done by *you*
"Doc, what are my odds?"
"80%"
"Of?"
"We'll see"
💀
Stop😂😂😂
*_Start chanting prayers_*
Maybe 80 hours from now on😅
"depends on if we have an extra brace on hand"
LOL
Really nice of him to travel forward in time to explain this to us.
Got a good laugh. Thanks!
I hope he got back alright
*back
edit: I get it, it was a joke, NOW SHUT UP
we can all travel forward in time. We doing it right now.
@@burtan2000 ....take my angry upvote
I’m an EMT and I use the modern version of this all the time. Honestly it hasn’t changed much
What is the device called though...
@@thygrrr traction splint.
It has many names. A common one being “traction device”. As a Wilderness First Responder, I know these splits as Traction In Line (TIL).
How do you know how far to stretch it? How do you know there isn't a fragment floating around? Do the two ends have to rest against each other?
@@w12ath040211 the patient will typically tell you if they are conscious because it will relieve a lot of pain. Depending on the model you apply a certain amount of weight to it (like 15 pounds).
Ive broken my femur before, and it contracted like explained. Before the EMT's could get me out of the house, they put me on a stretcher, closed the door, tied me down, and pulled it back into place with a similar but modern version. Not too many pains quite like that one. but I survived.
I can agree, having chunks of your femur realigned is the most painful thing I've ever experienced
I've had mothers say that the pain of femur fracture is comparable (possibly worse) than childbirth. So do with that what you will.
@jordanyoussefzadehclementi9417 I bet nobody has had orgasm or said that femur traction feels good, they have in childbirth.
@@kukaliemikalie8157 I dunno, you're certainly not wrong about the orgasm but some people like pain and an orgasm seems like a great distraction from intractable pain. I think it stands to reason that someone got off on getting their bone reset.
@@kukaliemikalie8157People also get erections when they're close to death, it's common for your senses to get messed up when you experience pain that bad.
finally, a victorian invention that doesn't try and kill you
It’s not being used as designed, it’s just marketed as such.
@@bogustoast22none25 what was its real intended/designed use?
@@ericsalidbar1693 It was a joke, cause victorian era was murder time prime.
@@ericsalidbar1693 clearly some strange invention designed to inconvenience the Irish. It goes into the soil around potatoes to more effectively infest them with blight.
No, but you will feel like you're dying. LOL
Shout out to the cameraman traveling back in 1914 to record this
😆
It's like they just brought a WW1 field medic from 1917. Guy owned the role very well.
Dude 😂
Wow this is comment gold
Shoutout to the man he recorded reading up on his secret book of future technologies and behaviors. Otherwise he wouldn't be able to comrehend the cameraman or his "futuristic camera"
"you have an 80% chance of dying"
The music: 🎷🎷💃🕺
@Av-Jp Official👇🔞 go away bot
@Av-Jp Official👇🔞 shut up bot
Every medicine commercial ever:
@sepictic rebooted idk what its called
@@abiyusadu9974 Bitters at the salloon
Traction splints actually drastically reduce pain. From like a 25/10 to a 11/10
10 being?
@ErwinPommel usually on the pain scale we ask "how bad on a scale of 1-10 does this hurt with 1 being almost nothing and 10 being the worst pain imaginable. A lot of people with femur fractures will say something like 25 out of 10
🤔😂
100% percent true have experience unfortunately
Russel’s traction
You know WW1 was hell when the life-saving equipment sounds like torture.
Traction splints are much worse than this.
@Kate Mohr I know, it still sounds like torture.
If you’re not a doctor, every procedure sounds like torture.
Do you know how eye surgery works?
Because it is torture...
Torture...vs living, people say craziest things.
EMT here, we still use traction splints like this to this day. Femur fractures come with a lot of complications, but this technology as well as many others that came out of WW1 (which actually ended up being one of the major basis for emergency healthcare) were revolutionary. Awesome to see the history here!
Here too. We used it last night actually.
Having broken my femur in three places, I can confirm. Thank you for what you do
@@juniorloaf12 Jesus burger-flipping Christ, what the hell happened
@@jiujitsutj9994 car I was traveling in stopped really quickly, but I didn't until my thigh hit the bottom of the steering wheel. Then I unrolled the window to wave at traffic behind me, got hit and woke up in the middle of I95
@@jiujitsutj9994 crazy how much your quads and hamstrings compress your leg when there's so support haha
The first seconds when seeing this vid, I thought it was a giant saw that was meant to amputate limbs with broken bones
same 😂
Yeah, I thought it was the thing that breaks a femur, femur breaker or somethin
"This here is a fantastic piece of kit that will instantly make you eligible for veteran AND disability benefits!"
@@jesse1375_ SCP flashbacks
Saaaame!
As a first responder Ill say that we still do this today. Its called a traction splint. Theyre a bit more comfortable looking nowadays but I can't imagine breaking your femur would ever feel too good
It's called a Thomas Splint and is widely in use in emergency situations even today. An amazing invention.
We call it a Sagar Splint here
Yup traction splint
Sorry for my ignorance, but Crammer splint seems way more universal and easier to carry and tightly apply, what’s upside of Thomas splint
This is know to me under Kendrick Traction Device 😄
My names Thomas and I recently broke my leg in 4 places below the knee so coming across both the video and this comment has me mildly shook
What a fine distinguished gentleman
The music helps.
Jolly good indeed
very nice indeed.
I just realised he was On my way my tour guides for a school trip i was on 😅
Kinda looks like an Austrian painter
I've never imagined your leg muscles pulling your bones further beyond the initial break. Horrifying.
Same thing is what makes broken ribs so dangerous. I hate it in the movies where a broken rib is barely an inconvenience.
When sudden broken by impact, because of their shape there's a very good chance of bone shrapnel getting pushed into your chest cavity.
Arches tend to fail violently on the inner side of the curve...
I m getting goosebumps n an anxiety from my imagination of that alone 😰
@@nicholashodges201 I mean there are people who continue playing contact sports with broken ribs. It’s not just movies. Learn some more Nicholas!
@@nicholashodges201 depends on the force of impact. I had the wind knocked out of me and had to wear a belly band, but was able to move and function. My dad though, he had multiple lung punctures and a cut on his liver, and almost bled out.
Not nearly as bad as the top of that contraption smashing your nuts.
It also TREMENDOUSLY reduces pain bc of less bone grinding. Traction splints are amazing.
How exactly? The grinding would hurt initially but measuring pain would vary.
I can only imagine how it will feel.
@guitarsoundsaround When you have a full fracture across a femur, for example, all muscles in the thigh spasm, pulling the knee closer to the hip, and the two (or more) split parts grind together. A traction splint grabs the extremity and pulls it away from the torso, pulling the split parts away from each other and significantly relieving the pain.
My dad was an EMT. I don't have any first-hand experience with these things but this is how it was described to me
@@blubberdust Makes sense. I’ve yet to see one. The relief would be intense!
@guitarsoundsaround from what I remember him telling me, they're a little old school, so you may not see one for some time (or at all)
@@blubberdust damn, I will keep my eyes peeled then. Hopefully they don’t become obsolete. Thank you for the information. 🤗
A dapper gentleman explaining a fantastic medical innovation. Makes my day brighter.
@@ImproveConditions how is that even slightly racist?
@@ImproveConditionswhat the hell are you talking about?
@@ImproveConditionsbigoted comment?
AYYYOOO
@@ImproveConditions ???? Take a break from the internet and whatever racebaiting "communities" you frequent you complete and utter weirdo.
I broke my femur and was put in a modern version of this. The crazy thing is that once you are secure in it the pain almost completely goes away. It's wild, one second you're in the most excruciating pain you've ever been in, the next It's nothing
Edit: got a few comments about the pain going away because of medication. When I was put in the brace I was on a snowy mountain minutes after a skiing accident. I didn't receive any medication till I got to the hospital a while later. The ride down the mountain and road bumps in the ambulance hurt quite a bit, but when everything was still I felt very little to no pain.
For me it didn't went away
Every time I have used one, the patient has stopped screaming. It's nuts
they didn't have time to use that on me. I went straight to surgery in a few minutes.
That mightve been the morphine drip that made the pain go **poof** mate lmao
@@MadAtMax.300Blackout no doubt about that.
After I puked all over the floor I was fine.:- )
Sir, I just wanted to let you know your mustache game is ON POINT. Have a great day.
"Yucatan Suckaman! 3 months ago
"I imagine his mustache smells of cigars, whiskey and chutney."
To which I replied, "Damn it, I am NOT Gay. Stop making me want to kiss him.
"As if the accent wasn't bad enough..."
I couldn't even pay attention to what he was saying I was just drooling over how hot he is. My God what a hot man 🥵🤤
@@TimeSurfer206 you'd probably be executed for doing that to another man in the trenches
@@TimeSurfer206 weirdo
@@death6650 Thank you! That's the best compliment I've gotten so far this year.
Traction splinting was an absolutely phenomenal medical innovation. Really cool to see early iterations of a traction splint!
When I first saw A Knight's Tale, they showed a scene using traction to set a broken arm with a sort of windlass you pulled on. That fascinated me.
I imagine his mustache smells of cigars, whiskey and chutney.
and bad breathe, teeth
Wtf lmao ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و
@@user-jo3st1xs1q I'm just surprised I got this many likes.
Nah hitler didnt drink or smoke😂
@@jrbarraza3728 o snap! 😵😵😵😵😵😵😵
Traction splint. I am an army flight medic and I was able to use this on a kid who had a midshaft femur fracture as result of a mountain biking incident. Kid went form a 7/10 pain to 1-2/10 pain just from the splint despite the vibrations of the helicopter. Such a fascinating intervention.
When I broke my right leg and the ambulance guy pulled it straight it was easily the worst pain I ever experienced. Screaming until fainting. Not sure how this works
Okay but how EXACTLY does the device work?
@@sumguy01so at the bottom you have a cord that pulls tension on the ankle that lengthens the muscles allowing the femur bone to realign to a straighter, more natural position. This saves lives because up to 2 Liters of blood can be lost in a femur fracture. The traction splint realigns the bone slowing the bleeding allowing for time to get it fixed. We still us these (although much more modern now) in the field EMS and military.
Actually super unreal to think about it but I’m so glad that the technology exists.
@@jameswayton2340 Same i had my femur snap in 2 and when they pulled my leg straight.....i was on morphine btw and the pain was 10/10!!!
pain was insane!
That mustache is a fantastic piece of kit.
Yes yes, behold Great War Tom Selleck
It can be utilised as a hammock if lost in the jungle
Shave the sides 💀
@WOF.C not to be that guy but i am absolutely discombobulated with laughter. pls tell me what was going through ur head, hitler jokes can be funny dont get me wrong that one was just whatever the opposite of creative is and therefor beyond unfunny
Agreed
Dude's dressed like he's about to announce that tomorrow we go "over the top"
Not with his Medical Corps collar badges he’s not.
Interesting fact about statistics. When tin hats were introduced by the British army in WW1 the number of head injuries recorded by field hospitals rocketed and some officers who had sneered at the idea of helmets seized on this as a sign of how useless they were. It did not take long, however, for it to be realised that most of these casualties would have previously been in the KIA ledger rather than wounded.
I think there's a similar story regarding planes; they studied the surviving jets for bullet holes and the like to see what areas to improve, but instead armored the parts _lacking_ bullet holes... because if all the survivors lacked damage in certain areas, that likely means those areas caused others to crash.
For some reason this has been really hard for me to word; there are better explanations elsewhere (hopefully with sources, unlike mine, which is just hearsay).
Survivorship bias
"Sneering" is a very British thing to do 😏
Oh those officers knew full well what was going on they just prefer that their men die so they can’t collect their pension
@@generaleerelativity9524 They even sneer at things they're glad to see.
I can't even imagine how phenomenally painful breaking and resetting your femur is. Especially with that type of treatment.
Broke my femur back in 1981, piece of metal went though my leg and breaking my femur on the way through. spent 8 weeks in hospital with my leg in traction getting the bones back in the right place while they healed.
@@SHOLTIE2004 it sucked bad, right? Glad you're alright.
Had this happen to two friends on two separate occasions. Both times they where hit by a car while they were riding motorcycles (car coming from side road did not see them).
One friend described his thigh looking like a beach ball as the muscles pulled his thigh upwards, making it shorter but "rounder".
The pain came later when the shock wore off.
Ironically placing the leg into traction after a femur fracture SIGNIFICANTLY reduces pain for the patient. The relief is almost immediate (although the underlying injury is obviously excruciating).
The high dose painkillers also helped.
He got that leader’s aura.
yeah Hail femur!
conquerors haki frfr
Dat femur's aura
Fëhmur@@Emidretrauqe
Which one
Honestly nothing more attractive to me than a well spoken well mannered handsome man on this earth
@ann_banan13,I'll second that😊
You should meet dicky in real life…he is a nice guy
@@PuffsackWho is he? He's damned attractive!
Lol I guess it's unfortunate for you ladies, that the only ones left are the ones reenacting history.
@@removedbyutube golden comment
One of the reasons that a femur fracture can be fatal is that the femoral artery is the main blood supply to the lower body. If you break the femur, it is likely to leave a sharp edge of bone, which in turn can easily slice into your femoral artery and you will bleed out in no time.
That's just one reason. 😊
And that is why you should always call an ambulance for that instead of trying to go to the hospital yourself
Thank you, I feel like that was probably the most important part of information and it was completely missing
@@webfactorysolutions Right?
when i broke mine my leg was up my back and foot poining the wrong way .bystanders said it sounded like a treetru k snapping .the shock fhen i realised was the most sickening feeling ive everexperianced .but nothing compared to the 2 weeksin traction
Another major reason is thrombosis. A broken bone can damage a blood vessel without cutting it or cause injury to the muscles around it, and the blood around the inside of the vessel can become sticky and form a clot. It can happen days or weeks after the injury. It could clot up a major artery or come loose and travel somewhere else and cause a heart attack or stroke. Setting the bone back in place can stop the bone from moving around so much and prevent more damage to surrounding tissues to prevent that.
the guy who's 4'11: 🗿
Thats only 3ft tall?!?
It still works cause the leg is pulled down towards the bottom and stretched out
people less than 5ft were not able to join the war. unless they lied on the exam. plus as long as your legs in at top they just use rope or smth to pull your leg down to the bottom of the device so it doesn’t matter if you’re short
12 year old Soldier: 🗿
@@AdmiralJT...no it's 1 inch from 5 foot.
How men dress :🧍♂️
How men want to dress:
I can confirm
Can't say I have the express desire to break my femur
im convinced if we could all dress like we did in the 40s quality of life would improve
@@isaiah3127 Lol there's a good bit to unpack with what you just said. First off, are you trying to imply we cant dress like people did in the 40s? And if you are, are we talking military uniforms like this or regular clothes from the 40s like jeans, suits, flannel shirts, and such? And this uniform in from the 1910s not the 40s, so Idek how this comment is related to begin with. 😂 I'm not try to arguing or start a problem or anything, your comment threw me for a loop is all
@@svefnhnuturthorgeirsson heck if i could dress like peaky blinders on a daily basis and no be looked at like im crazy i would love it
I went on a history trip with him as my instructor, he was amazing, encouraged me when I was in pain with a hurt ankle, thanks dickie!
My pleasure matey, well done for carrying on with the battlefield tour, even though you'd hurt your ankle! Respect!
I usually have a dog called Dickie or George, if male. Reassures me life is pottering along nicely.
Plus I can slip into a Wodehouse novel without a splash.
At the moment, I have a pet wether called George
@@winchester1066 thanks
I was a firefighter/emt, so I knew it wasn’t a good sign when pulling traction on my leg resulted in pain relief. That is also a symptom of a femur fracture. Fortunately, it wasn’t that in my case, but the contusion was quite painful still.
What kind of contusion made you think that?
No. What's a contusion?
@@Speed001 it’s a bruise. Often when it’s really bad or deep it’s referred to as contusion.
I remember learning this skill in EMT school. After class everybody was getting their legs stretched out with it. Felt pretty good.
@@Glmorrs1 What does that help do, Relieve pressure?
It’s more than 109 years ago so yeah it’s great back then. But it’s still 20% chance of dying
soldier: "i have a small fracture in my leg"
19th century doctor: "amputation, it is."
Dont worry, it's only a virus. 🎉
😂
Scary times fr
Peasant: "I have a headache"
12th century doctor: "amputation, it is."
@@rcv0nah they just smacked em a few good times on the head, and sent them on their way.
What a distinguished gentleman
@@DarkestSpyrro Yesss very distinguished mmhmm I see I see.
*Very well explained indeed!* 👍🏻
what amazes me more is his visual looks. The moustache, hair, uniform, and his face in general. He looks like he's been taken out of a certain time 100 years ago by a time traveler.
He looks german
@@gisi5276 he kinda reminds me of like a famous austrian painter who got rejected in art school.
@@dirzx1979 How? They dont even look alike
Is he an alternate version of Steve Rogers. Except in this universe he's brittish.
You know too much.... Come with us and your family will be safe
As an EMT, we use a leg splint of a similar design even to this day
Yep traction splint 👍 only had to use it once and had a good bit of guidance from some helpful helicopter medics
Thomas splint
I was taught the name
traction splint@@aswinigs4509
Thank you for what you do. o7
emts do nothing they are transport personnel, thank a paramedic.@@adamofblastworks1517
we have to protect this man from these thirst comments
I like how the channel itself liked this comment. It shows that they know 😂
@@Captain_Olimar yes
Hahaha
😹😹
That's a real tangent to the topic but on point and agreed!!! 🤣🤣🤣
I actually used these, 45 years ago. You've got it backward, the padded piece goes behind the leg, a cravat secures it over the front, another cravat for an ankle hitch, and a third cravat around the bottom with a windlass inserted to create the traction - a few more cravats between the top and bottom to add support to the leg.
A neck tie 🪢?
@@wingerding aka triangular bandage (or a scout neckerchief), though a neck tie would actually be easier and just as effective.
This Thomas splint was in my top 5 most horrible jobs, and i try not to remember the others. Unless you could persuade an anaesthetist to knock out the casualty properly they would scream their heads off however much morphine and valium you gave them.
I used normal bandages, having been to a grammar school , but no doubt the old Etonians preferred cravats.
Having said that, from personal experience I say that once your fracture is pulled into a good position and immobilised the relief is fantastic. Best done immediately if possible, before the spasm locks it up and the numbness wears off, as i did to myself thrice on arm finger and clavicle. Worth a moment of severe pain, but you need to know how.
Note to Vocabulary:
remove "stuff"
add "piece of kit"
For maximum effect, add small mustache with waxed ends.
As someone that labels everything as with one word and then stuff (i.e. work stuff, camera stuff, financial stuff), I shall be using piece of kit far more instead!
@name
If it’s mine it’s a piece of kit, if it’s your pos, move it out of my kit’s way! 😂
How about attachment 😂 or equipment?
I will be watching more of this absoute gent's videos simply to improve my vocabulary
This Englishman is the kind I like
Yeah. Kind and jolly.
His family enslaved an entire nation
@@j.m.d.a1496 what's his name?
@@JimmyBoy9878 General Gordon, look it up
@@j.m.d.a1496 ok but who is the guy in the video? How is he related to Charles?
I’m glad British Tom Cruise was here to explain this fine piece of kit
Funny you mention Tom, for this device is called a Thomas Ring Splint!
huh?
Don't insult this man by comparing him to Tom Cruise
😂I said German Tom Cruise
Mission bo'oh'o'wa'er
Amazing thing is that the Thomas splint still being used till this day
I really liked this and in particular liked the gentleman in the WW1 get up. Even the moustache. Very authentic
I liked the wireless microphone the most
It woulda been better if Peter modeled it 😍
Me too I liked it for the same reasons
And he's really fit
@@kaygee301 Peter?!? That's a hunka hunka burnin love 😘😘😘
I feel this way about "Shotime" Ohtani too.
"That's why I lost my medical license"
heavy: 😟
(Someone Continue of whatgoes on in Meet the Medic) *explosion in the background and all of a sudden blood spures out and out comes Archimedes appears out of heavy open wound*
@@PeppermintMERCY "Archimedes! No! It's filthy in there."
@@optillian4182 “birds ha ha ha”
@北斗神拳のケンシロウ -Heavy looks around in confusion of the strange sound of something bursting despite not having a heart- What was noise?
the 20% chance of dying: "I still exist you know."
Better than 80 i guess. 😂😂😂
Realistically we all have a 100% chance of dying because Adam and Eve sinned against God resulting in humanity humanity cursed to die after one day of life. (A thousand years is 1 day to God to put it into perspective) fortunately for us He sent His son Jesus to die for our sins so that we can be spiritually clean in the face of God which wouldn't be possible without Jesus' sacrifice. God is good. Jesus is King. Repent and be saved.
@@randy6243 🤣🤣🤡
Xcom players will hit that 20% chance 5 times in a row
@@aurangzaibbutt8904 God bless you.
My older sister broke her femur and they had to do a similar thing for her. The pain was so extreme that it made her pass out.
Ambulances still carry the same basic tool today, though with a few improvements. They're made of modern materials, have a pulley to help pull the leg, and are designed to collapse into a little bag for storage; it's called a traction splint.
Very cool. You get an award for good information 🏆
Rebecca B, yup I was in traction to straighten my femur and have learned to re- walk. Still have muscle atrophy though.
Alternatively called a Thomas splint, named for its inventor.
Or they can just insert an interlocking nails in to your femur and you are as good as new.
Sounds painful af
The definition of a British gentleman.
I totally got the opposite definition. I was thinking he dresses like Nazi Germans lol
@@emadmohammad756you’ve clearly never seen Nazi uniforms
@@emadmohammad756the difference is that Nazi soldiers wire black/grey and if they were SS sometimes they would have the Nazi flag wrapped on their elbow, also it says victorian, relating to Britain and their y'know, victorian era or whatever
@@emadmohammad756 That isn't a Nazi uniform.
@@holdshiftt2run308 I’m well aware of that, did you mean to respond to the person above me?
"What happens when you broke your femur?"
"You hear the old man"
Ahhhh a rare man of other culture
Who was, ironically a WW1 veteran if I am not mistaken.
Give this to the D-class who got thrown in the femur breaker
then you pull out your yellow rabbit plush and he'll back the f*ck up
yeah he was a ww1 soldier and fell into a pit of black goo and then turned into 106
God bless all the doctors that care!
These have been updated and are still used today to stabilize femur breaks in the field and in the hospital, so cool to see its older versions!
As a paramedic I can confirm that we are still putting displaced fractures in traction and can also confirm that it still is horrendously painful.
Oh and todays devices also only slightly more advanced than the one in the video (at least what we use in the field). At least ours have a winch these days.
Old versions are still in use too in many places
@@tomriley5790 Yup!! We still use the exact same design in my country till now!!
Usually ITS also come one package with one bag of cocain .
I had one screwed into my leg to keep the bones in place whilst the swelling went down before they could open it up.
It’s called traction if I remember correctly but I was full of morphine at the time
Shit I thought he was gonna go: “This is a bone saw”
BOOONE SAWW ISZ RE-EADYY!!
My thoughts exactly. Instead of having your bones all messed up, this will cut them off.
@@yoshi9538 that’s a cute outfit. did your husband give it to you??
Lmao me too
BONE SAW IS READYYYY
This man definitely has "take your pants off, but keep talking" energy.
🤨
What
ayo?
huh???? what??? does this even mean??????
Yessss lol
"Doc... how long do i have..."
"10"
"Hours? Days? Weeks?"
"9..."
"Oh..."
He's so adorably excited about this, makes me excited too.
I wanted to say something but I didn't see the women commenting on that until I have to scroll way down.... Lol.... A delicious dish....
@@tinkerbell2675 That's not what s/he said. S/he said his excitement about the splint was "adorable". You just saw "adorable" and ran with it.
Same
I bet he did the best show&tells whilst in grade school. And the school plays.....forget about it🤌
@GuataGuata Hold up
“You now have a 20% chance of dying.” Then the next volley hits
"OH BULLOC..." (*EXPLOSION AND BULLETS WHIZZING*)
"Zest zuccs"
Recalculating…
They didn't fire in volleys like musket warfare
It's so interesting, because when I broke my femur, they used a similar device
Some technology is timeless.
If it aint broken... wait, hol'up...
Traction splint, We have fancy polymers and tightening screws now but it’s the exact same concept lol
Yup, relief and pain at the same time. I didn’t know if I should lay back and light a smoke or pass out from excruciating agony! I think I offered to put the doctor in my will.
I can't imagine how bad that hurt
Respect for every ww1 soldier, regardless of which side they fought for. I couldn't imagine having to go through what they did.
I met this guy at a reenactment. What a cool guy too.
Does he wear an original uniform I wonder? This looks so authentic.
@@jasonnicholasschwarz7788 couldn't tell ya. He was super personable and had a real talent for entertaining a big crowd with lots of questions. Just super cool guy all around
I can imagine. What event was it? @@TingTingalingy
@@jasonnicholasschwarz7788 it was a WWII reenactment at Fort Wayne in Detroit. Was cool, they have it every year, or at least did precovid. There's also a Normandy reenactment in Cleveland, off lake Erie. They do the full beach rush and everything. Supposed to be good, I haven't gone yet though.
That’s the most dapper man I’ve ever seen
HECK YEAH, subscribed because that is the best word.
Quite...........Quite.
It's the mustache
@@mattthompson3714oh yeah, the mustache every hipster aspires to have.
Dapper Dan.
That Moustache deserves 2 Oscars.
Fr
One for each side
A broken femur would quite possibly be the most terrifying break. For me anyway
Would definitely be one of the most painful
They suck but I would say a bad pelvic fracture would give more suck
I remember being put into one of those after getting a complete fracture in my left femur. It's actually not as painful pulling your leg apart as I thought it would be
What's ur age bro.... a 110 years old?
Pinched nerves and adrenaline probably played a role. Snapped my arm in 2 when I was 11, didn’t feel a thing until the next day when I was in my way to surgery. I was given no pain meds. Definitely uncomfy, not exactly painful though
@@donarthiazi2443 we still use traction splints
That’s because the tension of the traction device is just pulling you muscles back in line, while simultaneously pulling the sharp ends of the bone from stabbing into your interior leg. One of the mechanisms we use to assess traction splint placement is relief of pain
@@donarthiazi2443 Can happen to anyone. I work EMS, and we have to use that on patients who experienced a midline femoral fracture, it's very specific. Can happen from a massive amount of force exerted on the bone i.e. car accident, whacked in the leg by a baseball bat, fell wrong, etc. etc.
I keep forgetting to add “piece of kit” to my repertoire
repertoire is one i need to add🤣
Lollll
Cool
”Piece of kit” and ”handy dandy” is 2 of my favourite sayings in english😎 Sadly I rarely speak english
It's proper english. Professionalism is heavily influenced by high british society. Peep the reminiscent military stylings of business professionals. Kit indeed
the reason why you can possibly die from broken femur : femoral artery (one of the biggest blood vessel in your body, located in your femurs) can be ruptured due to broken bones and cause huge blood loss hence the arterial flow is very rapid and massive. this device straighten the bones to reduce the risk of any arterial damage due to the fractures and bones dislocation.
Thank you i wondered about it
Bone marrow material exposed and now poisoning your system.
Also fat embolism due to the fat leaking out of bone marrow blocking out your blood circulation system.
What an epic way to die
Oh no
You! Are! Giving! Me! Flashbacks!!!!
the outfit, the mustache, the accent, the kind warming attitude, you Sir, are an absolute win ✨
It's a WW1 British officer uniform if you're curious what he's wearing
I think the phrase you are seeking is, _"Distinguished Military Gentleman"_ 😎
Simp 😂
@@Gameprojordan What rank is it?
@@zarlay255 imagine being in 2022 and unironically using "simp" lol. Are you literally a child, or just really jealous that someone said something nice about someone else, or both?
"The leg I placed fffffruuu here."
😂😂
Like dizzz
It's so funny because their English is considered proper.
@@Wheresmy240 i mean its almost proper but i get the feeling he is purposely trying to sound posh
@@Wheresmy240"Their" English? He's literally English so it's not "considered" proper it is proper.
As a former Army medic, I can confirm - traction splints are a real thing.
I still get femur breaks that my ortho doctors order traction until we can do surgery.
are you working with a detective now?
@@CA-ev2vf A DETECTIVE? ... _I AIN'T NO SNITCH!_
“Honey, look! An expert confirmed this.”
Hare traction splints are taught to EMTS as well
My heart goes out to every familes destroyed, every sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters, soldiers dying in WW1
He is so charismatic while explaining this, i can’t look at him. 🙈
I can't *stop* looking at him
@@TiyasBMenon-td4ti first time I watched this I didn’t know what it was about 🤣, i was staring at him and forgot to listen to a single word 🤦🏻♀️
Simping babe
I wanna wet that moustache if you catch my meaning 😏
Can u ladies share what u find attractive about this, so I can learn from this and improve my game as a guy?
The outfit, the view, the accent, the voice, feels like back ol' days
The thirst lol
@Av-Jp Official👇🔞 Bot
@@Hydrogenelfin404 guess they find another way to not be ban with key words
*THE STACHE.*
ya
Bro is historically accurate
I was hit by a drunk driver once, fractured my femur. It was so painful, I almost passed out. Trust me. Femur fractures are NO JOKE. And modern versions of these are absolute lifesavers.
Years ago I had to use a traction splint on a 13 year old girl. I remember telling her and her parents that this is going to be painful for a few minutes and you can swear at me and I’m ok with that. She started cussing and her parents started to stop her I told them that she isn’t saying anything I haven’t heard before. They stopped. At a point when the splint has (for lack of a better term) pulled the broken pieces into their anatomical position she said she had relief from pain and she was sorry for calling me names. After that we addressed the remaining pain and got her to the ER and definitive care. My only wish is to know her outcome as it was a simple fall that shouldn’t caused a fracture like that unless there was an underlying issue (cancer or something). This was about 15 years ago and it still bothers me…
God bless you for caring so much about your patient!
With a mustache and accent like that. I’d believe anything he says.
Similar as Stephen Fry in Blackadder.
Oh Lord I feel you
He's so attractive I could listen to him talk about old stuff all day
I had the same thought. I wonder he knows he's got thirsty people after him?
@@vultureculture7707 imagine how he’d react to all these thirsty comments
We know you’re trolling because the guy is literally British
@@_________. the sexiest British man
@@Eveoriginalsinner thats some low standards right there.
That man has one of the best mustaches I've ever seen
EMT here. We use something similar today, it's called a traction splint, it's a metalic frame with straps that get tied along your the leg, from your upper tight down to your ankle. It has a ratchet wheel in the end that pulls from your ankle strap, straightening the leg and reducing the fracture. Basically an evolution of the one shown in the video.
It has very limited use, as it can only be used in middle section fractures, but it can make a great difference, getting your muscles or your blood vessels pierced by a sharp piece of bone isn't exactly comfortable.
that's exactly the problem with this video spreading lies about the practice of medicine. now another million people will assume the wrong thing when there are a variety of more common femur fractures.
@@tomare6479 *11 million people.
What’s the survival rate today? I’m guessing way more than 80%?
Do you use it or do the orthopods at the hospital use it? I would think until imaging is done you would have to be careful moving the leg with broken pieces of bone close to an artery.
“EMT here” 🤓
I'm an EMT and we actually use something relatively similar to this for femur fractures on the ambulance. It's called a traction splint and it is pretty much a modernized version of this. It helps to reduce internal bleeding in the leg and it can actually help a little with the pain. It is still absolutely excruciating to break your femur but it helps a little.
Did mine a few years ago. Had the internal rod and screws fitted. Yes it was painful enough - but the break itself wasn’t as bad as the following day after surgery when I was encouraged to partially weight bear on the leg, in the commencing months of physio. Never again Thankyou. Big thanks though to the medics and surgeons. Awesome people.
@@hitscannerjust the thought of you going through phys.... 🤒🤕🤢 how's the leg since it's healed? Do you get weird after effect pains or anything or if the weather's bad does it hurt lol. I just remember all the old timers claiming after a certain surgery, they could predict what the weather was without even getting out of bed?
Oh my god i remember learning about traction splints during EMR training. I havent had to use one in the field yet and lord help me if i need to one day cuz learning how to put it together and use that thing is the physical embodiment of "Nah Fuck This"
@@RepubliKING it honestly took 11 months to total recovery - because I had also hairline fractured my pelvis and chipped the bone on my ankle (it was a pretty bad work injury). No ill effects today though. The two screws near my knee had to be removed about three months after the main surgery - they were “backing out”. This was an interesting operation under local anaesthetic. Felt every twist of the screws as they were extracted. Absolute relief afterwards though, as the main ligament that runs down the side of the thigh was no longer catching on the screw heads. What a crazy time it was.
@@bedrockgemsonfire4127 I’m sure you’ll be ready if ever the time comes mate 👍
For anyone curious, the modern equivalent is referred to as a “traction splint.” It’s a piece of equipment EMT’s in most if not all US states are required to learn how to use before working on an ambulance.
The Thomas half ring was improved upon to what is now the Hare Traction Splint, made/sold by Dyna-Med...at least in my day. Passed the National Registry for "A" in 1980, and "I" in 82
It is called a Thomas splint, the precurser of a traction splint, as you said
In ten years ems have had to use one once a co2 cansiter blew up in a restaurant and rocketed into a person's leg
@@dacomazielsdorf7618 6 years in and only done it twice myself, once was to stabilize to another hospital for surgery and the other was in the field after a weird fall from standing during a diabetic episode.
I fractured my tibia a couple months ago as part of a complicated high AND low ankle sprain 😅
Happened at the end of September and I’m STILL recovering and it’s freaking insane how a small crack can affect so much even when it’s not deadly lol
It is a Thomas splint named after Hugh Owen Thomas, the pioneer of orthopaedics who worked in Liverpool.
First person who knows its name. Sensational
Source: dude trust me
@@reymeradrianotv4001you could easily check it for yourself
@@reymeradrianotv4001 its actually true.
Hugh Owen Thomas's initials spell H.O.T.!😂 OK I'LL SEE MYSELF OUT! Byeeee😅
His mustache is an absolutely amazing piece of kit for the well-attired English Ociffer.
😆😆😆😆mustaches are so quirky hahahaha 😭😭😭😭😂😂
Thought it was hitler for a sec
@@RayFog1 are you fucking blind? This man has no similarities to hitler
Indeed
“This is a fantastic piece of kit” has also been my favorite sentence when talking about military history. It’s so perfectly British
Racist stereotype it's not British it's English
@@mr.riposte2280 Be quiet.
@@mr.riposte2280 british isn't a race lol
@@hashimmohammed1794 no
@@AlyxAesthetics that's what makes it racist that he thinks the English is British
I'm a nurse and this is still used today normally with tension weights off the foot
I can't even start to begin to conceive to imagine how agonizing it must be when they start pulling on your broken leg.
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But hey.....u live!
It does not feel good. Though, ideally, by the time we’re splinting anything a Paramedic is on scene and can administer pain medication so it’s less unpleasant.
I didn't feel anything. Morphine is a wonderful drug.
@@chrisest6715 facts!
Morphine
If it's fast enough that you have adrenaline in the body and a bit of a shock state it won't be too terrible ... If they start pulling when it wears off... It hurts, like hell and then some. It's a lot better once they're in place, even if the grinding of bones afterwards hurts a lot too.
This guy could break my femur himself and I’d still be like “aye Bruh I like the way you talk”
Hmm
gay
and he’d be like “and I am not quite fond of the manner in which you choose to speak, I dare say.”
I was literally about to make this same comment 😆😆😆
@Freak Show kinda. Looks like a mix of Tom Cruise and James Marsden, with a British accent to me. Lmao!
It's called the Thomas Splint... It was asked in my exam just yesterday😂
Edit: I passed the exams n I'm finally a doctor✌️
Thomas is a half ring splint, an improvement on this.
Hope you passed 😊
@@TCt83067695exams have not ended yet
Good luck on the rest of your exams if they haven’t finished, you got this stranger on youtube!
@@nickghanate please keep us informed, good luck!
My child’s father was a strong, healthy, active 18-year-old when he broke his femur and almost died due to an embolism in his lungs. That’s a devastating bone to break.
I'm going to start calling all my possessions "pieces of kit"
Get kitted up, mate!
😆
@@FuzzyElf cringe.
Haha same
I don't believe that thing could possibly work, old chap! Surely you're just pulling my leg!
Genius
Day made. Thanks.
We still us it. Just nicer material
@@kureaz no shit sherlock
Had to do it
Hilarious old man,a bit of all right old bean
Oh its the handsome soldier again 🙈❤
Who is he?????💌💌💌
Indeed 😍
Bruh mf's thirsting over this guy💀💀💀
Bro that’s a nazi uniform I’m pretty sure
"I don't wanna sound like a queer or nothin but ill let him reset my femur any day"
Great Welsh invention. Saved thousands.
I’ve been an EMT for almost 7 years now. This device is known today as an Hare Traction Splint. To fully set it up requires two people and time to do so.
Instead we use a device called a KTD, Kendrick Traction Device. Something developed by the Ski Patrol guys, where a person uses a long durable pole to help pull the femur back into alignment.
Both are extremely effective, and it’s always fun to see the old tools of the medical field and how they’ve evolved today.
@@antonioaguayo3964 A KTD does what a HTS does but more quickly and effectively. And by Vessels you mean arteries, then yes, but then again it’s still not that easy to break that artery with a femoral Fx after the Fx has already happened, and a splint will help stabilize the injury so that doesn’t happen
@@antonioaguayo3964 Transitional wounds aside, this is why a tourniquet first is generally SOP on the field.
At least in my region we’ve always called it a Sager splint but yep! They’re fantastic devices.
It's called a Thomas splint in India, after Hugh Owen Thomas
Funnily enough we call it a Thomas splint.
In 1917 during WWI, my father crashed his Curtiss Jenny. He shattered his left femur, his thigh, lost his spleen and fractured ribs plus bones in his face, which subtly changed his appearance. He was at Walter Reed for 18 months. For the rest of his life, he walked with a cane and had a dark red scar running the length of his lower leg. Migraines, too. This really brought the seriousness of the crash to a new level for me.
Remarkable. i said a little prayer for him.
So grateful for his service ❤️🙏🏼
Traction splints are still standardly used today in EMS!
how old are you?
Are you 95?
This is the first video I have seen of yours and As a historian can’t find a single thing wrong with your period uniform. Absolutely wonderful attention to detail! On top of that you actually knew what you were talking about and was concise. 👏 I am subscribing!
moustache is regulation?
@@saintgeorgefloyd9488 mustaches were actually mandatory in the British army until October 8 1916, two years into WW1
What they did to me in "modern age": Drill a rod into my heel without anaesthesia, attach a rope, get it over a small wheel, and put 8kg of weight on it for 7 days. No painkillers. (I even felt visitors walking in high-heels on the corridor's stone floor.)
But it was clean. Hm... cleanER...
@@TheZoltan-42 what country? Is that the usual across Europe? Wow!
@@christopherrogers303 Was just going to say - but you even had dates, that I would have had to look up.