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KMTC Casting and Splinting Techniques Notes (Certificate in Orthopaedic and Trauma Medicine)

Institution: Kenya Medical Training College

Course: Certificate in Orthopaedic and Trauma Medicine

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Get Casting and Splinting Techniques Notes for Certificate in Orthopaedic and Trauma Medicine
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CAST TECHNIQUES
Introduction
Cast Care Introduction
• The function of a cast is to rigidly protect an injured bone or joint. It serves to hold the fracture in proper alignment to prevent it from moving while it heals.
• Casts may also be used to help rest a bone or joint to relieve pain that is caused by moving it (such as when a severe sprain occurs, but no broken bones).
• Different types of casts and splints are available, depending on the reason for the immobilization and/or the type of fracture.
• Casts are usually made of either plaster or synthetic material.
Casting and Splinting
Casts and splints are hard wraps used to support and protect injured bones, ligaments, tendons, and other tissues. They help fractures heal by keeping the fragments ends together and as straight as possible. Casts and splints also help with pain and swelling and protect the injured area from more harm.
Things heal faster in the plaster (L. D. HOWARD)
Plaster methods of immobilization have been utilized for centuries and despite modern technology, have not lost their usefulness.
Plaster of Paris mixed with water rapidly swells and forms a rigid crystalline structure. During the initial stages of this reaction the plaster is semi solid and may be molded to a desired form. The plaster can be shaped. It is used medically for immobilization.
PLASTER OF PARIS TECHNIQUES
It is important to remember that expertise is not acquired overnight, either from a textbook or in the classroom, but in the process of the actual day – to – day application of every variety of the plaster cast.
Definition
A cast may be defined as;
• A method of temporary immobilization that circumferentially incorporates a part or parts of a body.
• The term cast implies that the plaster or synthetic encases the entire part of the body.
• Casts and Splints are hard wraps used to support and protect injured bones, ligaments, tendons, and other tissues.
• Externally applied structure that holds bone in one position.
• Is a rigid protective material of plaster or synthetic.
• Is a rigid device applied to immobilize the injured bones and promote healing. It is applied to immobilize the joint above and below the fractured bone so that the bone won't move during healing. These are applied on clients who have relatively stable fractures.
• An orthopedic cast, body cast, plaster cast, or surgical cast, is a shell, frequently made from plaster, encasing a limb (or, in some cases, large portions of the body) to stabilize and hold anatomical structures, most often a broken bone (or bones), in place until healing is confirmed. It is similar in function to a splint.
• Nowadays bandages of synthetic materials are often used, often knitted fiberglass bandages impregnated with polyurethane, sometimes bandages of thermoplastic.
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