Thank you for this excellent casting video, it really helps
@larrys92423 жыл бұрын
What kind of cast tape do you use? Yours lays down and conforms so much better than anything I’ve used. Looks great!
@mcsmedcastspecialists12853 жыл бұрын
The blue is BSN Delta Lite Plus. It is phenomenal. We usually use Delta Lite Conformable for our base layer because of how well it conforms to body parts. It works really well on ulnar/radial gutter casts too!
@paulfreiburghouse39462 жыл бұрын
How does the final layer the blue layer of tape or roll work? It looks simply like fabric without any plaster material so how does it Harden and become similar looking to plaster soaked blue material?
@mcsmedcastspecialists12852 жыл бұрын
Each roll comes individually wrapped in an air-tight package. The roll is fiberglass with a compound that hardens once exposed to air. The fiberglass roll has a residue that will make a mess on anything it touched before it actually hardens. It takes less than 5 minutes for the chemical reaction to happen and the roll hardens up.
@paulfreiburghouse39462 жыл бұрын
@@mcsmedcastspecialists1285 thankyou
@quetien3992 Жыл бұрын
is it okay to stretch the cast as much as the doctor is doing? I was taught to just roll the cast without stretching it or it will be too tight when hardens.
@mcsmedcastspecialists1285 Жыл бұрын
It is all about “feel”. You will quickly learn as you are applying casts how much you can stretch it without being too tight. You have to have it fairly snug so it is giving support/stability. It’s great to practice on coworkers or friends initially so that when you are applying a cast on an actual patient you have a pretty good feel for it.
@m.taylor7 ай бұрын
This person is careful with applying the cast in that he was gentle with adjusting the patient's foot position, whereas the hospital cast technician who did my cast started pushing hard the underside of my foot with both hands to force it into an extreme dorsiflex position. My foot was not even in a foot drop position. It caused me pain and he would not stop pushing. Obviously, my hospital's cast technician did not know what he was doing.