Essential practice in casting.
Musculoskeletal injury including fracture is among the most common reasons for presentations at emergency departments. This article introduces a short series on how to apply casts. It examines how practitioners should prepare patients for casting and offers a checklist to ensure that all the important steps are taken.
Drozd
Mary
M
School of Health, University of Wolverhampton.
Miles
Sue
S
Davies
Jenny
J
D002370:Casts, Surgical / Q000592:standards*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans