Simon and Neil get plastered
Practical guide: How to apply the backslab in adults and paediatrics. POP, plaster of paris, physical plaster cast back-slab technique
Tag fracture immobilisation
Getting a Leg Over
Following up on 'An easy way to get plastered' we extend the template program. Upper limbs are easy… the lower limbs are where we earn our money.
Buddy strap no more
Buddy strap: Stick this poster on that cupboard (now called the finger cupboard) and start your patients finger rehab a week earlier.
A better way to get plastered
Plaster cast templates for fracture immobilisation, including technique for thumb spika, colles cast, backslabs and templates
Spaso reductions and immobilisation
Spaso shoulder reduction technique Anterior shoulder dislocation Posterior shoulder dislocation Volar Backslab Volar plate avulsion fractures Phalangeal fractures Metacarpal fractures Thumb Spica 1st Metacarpal fracture Scaphoid fracture (in some shops) Below Elbow Backslab / Colles / Smith fracture Scaphoid fracture…
Is there anything a SAM splint can’t do?
Deciding what to carry in your medical kit on an expedition is hard. You don’t want to leave anything out, but you can’t carry an entire hospital on your back. I mean, the wheels on the slit lamp really suck…
Plaster slab
Fracture immbolization and complication. Review of the potential complications following application of a forearm plaster cast