title: Transportation of children in spica casts in the USA.
abstract: The aim of this study was to report outcomes of a hospital restraint loaner program for transporting children treated with spica casts. Fifty-two patients were studied. Appropriate restraints were selected by a therapist, consisting of 17 E-Z-On vest, 17 hippo car seat, five spelcast device, four family owned car seat, and nine transported using an ambulance. The cost to the hospital for the restraints ranged from $150 to $750 and $1200 for ambulance transportation. A car seat loaner program is a practical model to provide safe patient care for children in a spica cast.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gockley
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hennrikus
authors.forename: Shane T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Lavin
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rzucidlo
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rieghard
mesh_terms: D002370:Casts, Surgical / Q000592:standards*; D002648:Child; D057207:Child Restraint Systems / Q000592:standards*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards*; D014187:Transportation of Patients / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology