FLYING with a BROKEN ARM...

[noonar]

...does this increase the risk of a blood clot?

we are due to go skiing on friday, but dh has a broken arm( as i've posted before.)

we may still go anyway, but someone suggested to me that air travel could be risky. is this correct?
TIA

[Bugsy2]

I think it is particularly risky if you've had a compound fracture where the skin has been broken. I'm not too sure about a normal clean fracture - you may want to check your travel insurance small print & make sure he will still be covered though.

[noonar]

thanks, bugsy

[binkacat]

I really wouldn't have thought so - especially in an arm. Can he still wiggle his fingers? If so get him to do that and take asprin for a couple of days before flying if he's worried.

I flew back from France with a broken leg after skiing - it never crossed my mind.

[noonar]

it wouldnt have occured to me either, binka, but the tour operator says that he needs a 'fitness to fly' cert, for this reason.

good tip about the aspirin. ta x

[sleepfinder]

If its a short flight you should be ok. My DH had a broken arm in a cast from an accident on holiday.

We had to get a letter from a doctor, re fit to fly and also cut the cast almost off - in case there was swelling during the flight (there wasn't)

[flack]

the arm might ache during glight because of the lower pressure in the plane (I don't know why, I just know it happens that way). So worth having some painkillers, like aspirin, anyway.

[flack]

Flight

[LIZS]

Can't remember the technical name for it but think you can fly with a soft or partially closed cast(so it allows for expansion). My mum flew with hers in plaster one year(another accident !)

[MerrilyTooBuzzi]

My DD had to have a cert from doctors to say ok to fly and it had to be in a soft cast. So I agree with what is being said here.

If you don't get a certificate they airline may refuse him to board. How sad will that be for everyone!

You must take Tour Oerators advice. Make sure you have holiday insurance too.

[MerrilyTooBuzzi]

It was daughters arm.

[noonar]

thanks folks, esp my ski guru, liz

spoke to insurance co today, and they are happy to insure dh against any further injury, even if he snowboards as long as the dr says he's ok. he has a hosp apt tomorrow, so we can get all the necessary certs then, i hope.