| Upper extremities should be splinted as close to a gravity-neutral position as possible, preferably at heart level. |
| If the injured limb has been rotated, it is gently realigned and splinted to avoid kinking or tourniqueting. |
| At least four of those weeks will require that arm being splinted while the bone knits back together. |
| To keep a loosened or re-implanted tooth in place, it may need to be splinted to the teeth next to it for a period of time. |
| Closed fractures of the distal phalanx may require reduction but usually are minimally displaced and stable, and can be splinted. |
| There his leg was splinted and eight Tibetan yak herdsmen carried Conan for 17 hours to base camp. |
