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The National Association of Emergency Medical Service Physicians reminds us that femur fractures rarely cause enough blood loss to cause hemodynamic instability (look for other sources), often have concomitant injuries in the pelvis or distal extremity, and can be effectively splinted either static or with traction (which has contraindications, complications, and technical hurdles).
References
John W. Lyng, Joshua G. Corsa, Philip S. Nawrocki, Brad D. Raetzke, Josh
Nackenson & Nichole Bosson (07 May 2025): Prehospital Trauma Compendium: Management
of Suspected Femoral Shaft Fractures – A position statement and resource document of
NAEMSP, Prehospital Emergency Care, DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2025.2493846
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2025.2493846