Basic First Aid : How to Know if You've Sprained Your Ankle

Determine if an ankle is sprained by removing the shoe and sock to evaluate for pain, swelling and any deformities. Learn how swelling and discoloration are indications of a sprained ankle with information from a firefighter in this free video on first aid.

Expert: Joe Bruni
Contact: firestop.staylow@verizon.net
Bio: Captain Joe Bruni has over three decades of experience as a street firefighter and company officer.
Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz

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• first aid techniques
• first aid procedures
• fire safety

[wellzymeister84]

dude, why do people gotta be so rude, these videos try to help you!

[JarellJupiter]

thanks that really helped alot

[mazza8424]

my ankle really hurts:(! I tripped going down the last step on my stairs and it twisted outwards, I can walk but it is very painful, doesn't make me cry though don't can't be that bad right?!

[pepsicolaalien]

@001deidara001 u cant dislocate your ankle you either fracture it crack it or a tendon pulls a bone fragement out wat i just said all happened to my growth plate now my ankle looks bigger than the other because that happened

[pepsicolaalien]

@kjo3 that happened to me three times at school all thos times i fractured my ankle

[kjo93]

Ok what does he mean rolled, I'll tell you this my foot went to the side like a car tipping over on its side and I fell anyone can tell me if

[1strawberryable]

i showed out infront of my girlfreind and jumped off two logs missed the third and landed on it sidways it poped and her sisters are like "pussy" and there just 12 im like O.o

[TheBMURPH2012]

@Hannahobyrne1998 wow u really cannot spell

[HollaYo10124]

i rolled my ankle in may and i really dont know what i did to it i thought i sprained at first but it didnt swell and it stopped hurting after a while but now at random times it'll start hurting again!! i dont know what to do cause there it no evidence on the outside that it's hurt! and it's now august and it's hurting!!

[cassidyoluv]

Thank you for the help. I figured I had a sprained ankle, but i wasn't sure. It should have been obvious though, that pop was loud. Stupid dance moves, why you injure me!??! DX

[manlex47]

I heard my ankle pop :O

[Hannahobyrne1998]

Idk what happened but last night i was at softball and jumped a fince to get a ball and my shoe got stuck in the fince i landed right on my anlkle and we all laughed soon after that i started crying they told my to go sit down and take my shoe and salk off and it didnt swoll until i woke up at 5 in the morning to it hurting