I just broke my finger, what the first thing i should i do?

Question

bone is out of skin also.

Answer 1

You need to go to the hospital before it gets infected. If the bone were not out of the skin I would have different advice but anytime the bone is through the skin you have a chance of infection setting in. They need to reset the bone in your finger and will probably splint it but they can give you medication for the pain and to prevent infection so my advice is Go To The Hospital.

Answer 2

not type on the computer. lol put in in a splint and go to the doctor. take ibprofin too if it helps. feel better :)

Answer 3

go to an emergecny room

Answer 4

go to the hospital, probably have someone take you. When i broke my toe and ripped my other one open i laid in bed for about 2 hours before i went to the hospital and it probably would have been smarter for me to just go shorlty after.

Answer 5

Ice it at least 20 min 3 times a day.

Rest it.

Try and compress it lightly with something that is stretchty, like wrapping a sock around it.

Also, after a couple of days, you can keep it stable by "buddy wrapping" it to the finger next to it above and below the injury, just don't wrap it too tight.

good luck

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and unless you have a compound fracture (like your bone is sticking out of your skin, or it is broken in a lit of spots), then the emergency room will cost you thousnads and all they will do is put a finger spint on it and tell you to ice it and rest it.

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so go to the er, there is a huge chance of septicemia (a blood infection) if there is bone out of the skin, plus it will not heal corretly, if at all, plus it probably looks totally gross.