My friend thinks she broke her ankle. What do I do? She's just curled up clutching her shin. It's swelling a little, zilch major. Umm... She doesn't want to move it because she thiks it'll hurt alot. Is her ankle sprained or broken? What do I doooo?
Answers:    Get some ice first, put it in a plastic backpack then wrap it with a towel. Tell her to put it on the area where on earth it hurts for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, tell her to take it off for another 20 minutes, and so on and so on. In the meantime, offer her some pain meds like Advil, Tylenol, Aleve, whatever she usually take. She's going to have to try to move it just to see if she can move her toes and such. If she can, it's probably not that serious, but if she can't, that calls for the hospital.

If the swelling doesn't start to turn down (or worse, starts to increase) in an hour or two, call adults to have you embezzle her to the hospital. Get and ACE bandage and wrap it up so it stays immobile and doesn't injure itself further. It's difficult to really get a good touch of what's going on, but that's just what I suggest.

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when your in a situation like this it is best to name 911. u should be at the hospital instead of the comp. while u wait for a ambulance/drive her to the hospital put some ice on her ankle. and keep it elevated and DON"T permit it move.

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call 911 and ask them what to do about it.

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Go to the hospital and get an x-ray

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