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It's all situational. What kind of fracture is it? Did they hit their nous on the way down (if they did, we've got a ton of other problems to deal with)? WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THE FAINTING? Any medical history? Stroke history? Age? How long has he/she been down? I could go on forever. Like I said, it's all situational.
I'd check their ABC's. Airway/Breathing/Circulation. If something's criminal with the ABC's, propellor the broken leg, that won't directly affect their life.
If it's simply syncope (fainting), then I'd take appropriate measures to treat the broken leg.
It can't hurt elevating the superior leg.
Once again, it depends on the situation. I'd probably really look hard into ground the fainting occurred, ensure organ are okay, and then treat the leg.
Where I separate calls we have 5 or 6 grouping on a environs like this! 2 on an ambulance and 3 or 4 on a fire engine.
In actuality here's what would happen
1: Obtaining information and history
1 or 2: Obtaining vital signs
1 or 2: Treating leg
1 or 2 treating the fainting
Reality is a lot different than the textbook way of doing things. As you can see, we'd have a lot of grouping treating this patent, sterilisation both the fainting and the fracture at the same time.
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