Skeletal Traction

• Skeletal traction - traction applied directly to the bones using pins, wires, or tongs (e.g.,Crutchfield tongs) that are surgically inserted; used for fractured femur, tibia, humerus, cervical spine
• Skeletal Traction

  Balanced suspension traction - Produced by a counterforce other than the patient's weight
• Balanced suspension traction - Extremity floats or balances in the traction apparatus
• Balanced suspension traction - Patient can change position without disturbing the line of traction
• Thomas splint with Pearson attachment - Used with skeletal traction in fractures of the femur; hip should be flexed at 20°
• Thomas splint with Pearson attachment - Use footplate to prevent footdrop
• Thomas splint with Pearson attachment - Check pressure at the inguinal area