Help. Did I Break My Arm

How do you break your own arm?

I’m not going to give you crap about your question. I don’t know what’s going on in your life.I was there once. I wanted to break my arm for attention. Not only that, but I felt that breaking an arm was a childhood ‘rite of passage’. I wanted to join the club of kids with broken bones. I wanted the cast. Obviously, I was young and dumb, but I just want you to know that you’re not the only person who has ever wanted this.I actually tried to break my arm. Let me be the first to tell you that most of these methods don’t work. “Sandwiching” your arm between your legs and pushing doesn’t work. It only hurts your shins. Falling backwards on it doesn’t work. Falling forward and landing on it at an awkward angle doesn’t work. Whacking it with a hammer or something (probably) won’t work. (I used my fist at full force —pretty hard, I’m not a wimp. All it did was give it a deep enough bruise that it didn’t appear at the surface.)So these don’t really work. Here’s why:Did you know that you can bite off your pinkie finger as easily as a carrot. Try it, but you can’t do it. Your brain stops you. Same type of thing with these (dumb) methods. Your brain stops you from falling completely on your arm by sticking a knee down, etc.Your best bet is to stop trying and hope it comes on accident. Crappy answer, I know, but I’m willing to bet that this is a phase, just like mine was. I think that most kids go through the phase of wanting a broken arm or leg for the cast, but you and I just had it worse and took it even farther.

Why did my mom try to break my arm?

Your mom is a seriously abusive person. She was out of control and wanted to hurt you. It's safe to say she has hurt you before. In over thirty years as a parent, I have never been close to trying to hurt my children in any way on purpose.Your mother's behavior is a serious criminal act. It is child abuse in its most evil form. Be courageous and report this to the authorities or at least to a trusted adult who can help you do so. Your mom should not be allowed to hurt you or anyone else. Keep yourself safe. God bless you.

How can you break your arm or wrist?

Oh, all kinds of ways I suppose. I know of a guy who got his arm broken by making a bet with my brother-in-law. His name is Horse. He’s an American Indian, and a hunter, so he drives a high clearance, 4 wheel drive pick-up truck.One night he was drinking beer in a gathering of friends and acquaintances. Some guy starts doing Judo throws, and Horse said, “Damn, it looks a little hard to be thrown to the ground like that.” Judo boy said his lawn is a thick mat of crab grass and it absorbs impact better than gym mats.Horse laughed in the guy’s face. He said, “Oh, c’mon! That grass isn’t anything like a gym mat!” Judo boy got mad and and made this outrageous claim, “This grass has so much give, that I could lay on it, and you could drive a truck over my arm and nothing would happen.”Horse said, “I got $50 that says your arm will break, and that’s my truck right over there.” Horse would later explain that he only made that bet to force the Judo warrior to back down. But, to his surprise, the guy put up $50 and got into position on the grass, on his back, arms outstretched.Horse drove up over the curb, then carefully followed the hand signals of spotters to line-up one of his tires with one of the kid’s arms. They gave him a count-down, and he let out the clutch smooth and easy. As the tire rolled over the arm, they say a loud *pOp* could be heard a block away.Horse jumped out of his truck to help render aide. They got Judo boy in a padded sling. He was waiting for his mom to come drive him to the hospital when Horse collected his $100 from the fellow who was holding it. He looked down at the defeated Judo fighter and said, “I kinda feel bad messing you up like that and then taking your money, too.”One of the by-standers said, “You don’t have to take his money.” To which Horse replied, “Well, I don’t feel that bad. Besides, you all saw it, that was an honest bet, fare and square. Under the circumstances, givin’ him his money back would be wrong. Down-right un-Christian. But I do feel bad about it.”

How can I help someone with a broken arm?

Not sure if I can answer better than Mr. Smith here. He did everything right using the tools and means available to him. I can only suggest that if you have a first aid kit, you shuld have at least 2 triangular bandages (3 is even better) (these things are priceless in what they can do). the magazines were a brilliant choice as they are flat but strong. Perfect to immobilize the limb. Use two sticks or anything, both sides, but the magazines are great! Ensure it is immobilized by something long enough to be bandaged to one part of the limb and the other part of the limb with the break in the middle using anything suitable (Triangular Bandages for example) Make sure you have one spare to make a sling by unraveling the bandage, have the short tail facing the elbow, the top tail draping over their opposing shoulder and the bottom tail carefully tucked under the arm and draping it over the other shoulder (closest to the short tail). Tie it in a bow slightly either side of the head (not the back as the knot will put pressure on the neck. tie it so that the hand is elevated with the fingers pointing towards the shoulder. Bandages should not be that tight that the patient can’t feel their fingers (or are getting pins and needles)