Splint in mymind how to#
Splint in mymind skin#

Splint in mymind skin#

If you work part way through your cast, and then decide to flex the elbow or dorsiflex the ankle, your casting supplies will bunch up and cause skin problems – don’t do this. It’s vital to place the extremity in the final position that it will be casted before you begin.

Splint in mymind how to#

The videos walk you through, step by step, how to apply an AO splint, sugar tong splint and short arm cast.

Now we’ll review the proper technique for placing a splint and a cast in very broad steps. While simple, it’s important to remember this is a procedure and should be done correctly. Too often splints and casts are “slapped on” without attention to detail. Many complications can occur if it is done incorrectly including skin break down, wound complications and cast saw burns. Lastly, placing a cast or splint is not always a benign procedure. Alternatively, if your casts or splints all look and function great, then it will likely translate into more respect for your as a resident. If your attending is constantly hearing patient complaints about cast rubbing or pain, or is having to always cut off and replace your work, it’s not going to bode well for you.

When these patients first show up in the office, you want the cast or splint you applied to look good and be functioning well. Reduction, splinting and/or casting are all managed by the orthopedic resident, midlevels or ED staff. Often times, orthopedic attendings don’t see the patients in the ED. Next, let’s turn to the resident and attending relationship. 'Which surgeon do you think did a better job?' Whether it’s true or not, which surgeon do you think did a better job? The one who placed their patient in splint on the left or the right? Their ultimate outcome and satisfaction with surgery starts as soon as they wake up, and your splint is the first judgement they’ll make. Let’s first think about it from a patient’s perspective…the splint is the only thing they see of your surgery postoperatively. While used every day in the ED, operating room, and orthopedic clinics around the world, the functional and aesthetic art of splinting and casting is not taught as much as it should be. While we have come a long way since that time, the use of modern splints and casts are still used today. Hippocrates first described splinting in 350 BC when he wrote about wrapping injured limbs in bandages soaked in wax and resins. Splinting and casting as a means of treating musculoskeletal injuries has been used for thousands of years.