The end of the plaster cast? Start-up creates a waterproof and mesh-like alternative
Cast21, based in Chicago, created the futuristic cast. The mesh sleeve is put on a patient and filled with liquid which hardens. It's breathable, waterproof, and easier to remove than traditional casts. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 20, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
These 3D-printed Casts From Latvia Could Be The Future Of Healthcare
For many, healing fractures has meant submitting to a heavy and uncomfortable plaster cast. However, two Latvian entrepreneurs are on a mission to change that with 3-D printed casts. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - April 14, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Rebecca Banovic, Contributor Source Type: news
'Hovercraft effect' may explain deadly speed of volcanic gas clouds
Superheated gases and rock fragments can reach speeds of up to 400mph by travelling on cushion of air, say scientistsCrouched figures, a child with its mother, a dog writhing on its back – the harrowing plaster casts of the dead of Pompeii reveal that when the end came in AD79, it was as swift as it was final.Caught in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, many died when buildings collapsed under heavy ash and pumice. But for those still alive, another catastrophe was about to hit as deadly currents of superheated gases, ash and rock fragments raced through the streets.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 8, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Tags: Volcanoes Natural disasters and extreme weather Geology Science World news Source Type: news
Podcast: Interventions for treating wrist fractures (broken wrists) in children
Wrist fractures are the most common bone injury in children, causing much pain, distress and life impact for them and their families. In a comprehensive Cochrane Review from December 2018, Joanne Elliott, Managing Editor of the Cochrane Bone, Joint and Muscle Trauma Group based at the University of Manchester in the UK and colleagues, also based in the UK, look at a variety of interventions that are used for these fractures and she outlines the findings in this podcast.Most wrist fractures in children are buckle fractures, also called torus fractures, where the bone surface bulges out. These minor fractures heal well, ofte...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - February 11, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lydia Parsonson Source Type: news
The story of a successful surgical revolution
(Springer) In the late 1950s, the treatment for fractures involved three to four months in hospital in plaster-casts and traction. Recovery was slow, and up to 70 percent of patients experienced reduced mobility upon recovery. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 16, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Featured Review: Interventions for treating wrist fractures (broken wrists) in children
The recently published Cochrane Review from the Bone, Joint and Muscle Trauma Group assessed the best-quality evidence for different treatments of wrist fractures in children. Wrist fractures are the most common bone injury in children. Most are buckle (or torus) fractures, where the bone surface bulges out. These minor fractures heal well. They are often treated with a wrist splint or a below-elbow plaster cast.More serious fractures are where the bone breaks, generally resulting in displacement of the bone parts. Usually the bone is manipulated back into place ( ' reduction ' ), followed by cast immobilisation, oft...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - December 19, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Katie Abbotts Source Type: news
The five emotions of raising a child with infantile scoliosis
One night, while doing our son’s usual bath routine, I saw what looked like a hump on his back. Avery was 6 months old at the time. At first, I thought that it was just something I was imagining, but the hump never went away. In fact, it seemed to get worse. When Avery was 13 months old, he was officially diagnosed with infantile scoliosis, a rare form of scoliosis that occurs in children under 2 years of age.
The first hospital we were referred to would not even consider treating Avery until he was at least 18 months, and that was not a guarantee, so after doing some research, we came to Boston Children’s Hospital for...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - January 9, 2018 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Christina Poce Tags: Diseases & Conditions Our Patients’ Stories Michael Glotzbecker Orthopedic Center scoliosis Spinal Program Source Type: news
Dippy ’s last days: diplodocus leaves London after 112 years for farewell UK tour
Replica dinosaur makes way for blue whale skeleton in Natural History MuseumSo farewell then,Dippy the Diplodocus. For more than a century the much-loved 26-metre long dinosaur skeleton has held centre stage at the Natural History Museum in London, captivating generations of children. But this is the last weekend of Dippy ’s residency. On Wednesday the 292 plaster-cast bones that make up his splendid frame will be taken apart and packed up.After 112 years as the museum ’s best-known prize exhibit, the country’s most famous diplodocus will embark on afarewell tour of the UK, following which there are no plans to put h...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 1, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Tracy McVeigh Tags: Dinosaurs Evolution Natural History Museum Fossils Museums UK news Zoology Science Culture Source Type: news
Do It Yourselfer
I’m proud of the fact that I’m self sufficient in the emergency department. And it irritates the fire out of me to see prima donnas (read surgeons) come into the department and require the entire staff to follow them around to do little things they could do for themselves. I guess you could say that I was trained well by a charge nurse by the name of Beatrix where I did my residency.
Miss Bea, as she called herself, or Miss Behemoth as the interns called her under their breath, was a heavy set matronly type with a ruddy complexion. Her upper arms had extra fat that sagged and waved when she pointed to something. Tough ...
Source: EPMonthly.com - December 28, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Logan Plaster Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
SARAH VINE: Is it healthy to give a child a disability doll?
Daddy David carried a miniature wheelchair while Harper, five, clutched a blonde doll with a plaster cast on her broken leg as the family strode through Los Angeles airport this week, writes SARAH VINE. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 2, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Warning over lack of VTE assessment in A&E patients
Almost three quarters of patients who are treated for lower limb injuries and put into plaster casts in accident and emergency departments are not being risk assessed for venous thromboembolism (VTE) before being discharged, an audit has revealed. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - June 1, 2016 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Nurses back splints as option for buckle fractures
Using removable splints instead of plaster casts for certain types of fracture makes life easier for young patients and also helps reduce pressure on busy emergency departments, according to Australian nurses who have tested this approach. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - May 31, 2016 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Newborns Pose In Plaster Casts Of Their Moms' Pregnant Bellies
Jocelyn Conway takes an original approach to newborn photos.
Since February 2015, the U.K. photographer has been taking pictures of babies in "bump bowls" -- plaster casts of their mothers' pregnant bellies.
"I love the idea of the baby being back in its bump for a photo!" Conway told The Huffington Post. "The babies usually love being back in their casts! They seem to settle straight back in to their 'home' for the last nine months! It's lovely to see!"
The photographer took a body casting course five years ago, and eventually came up with the idea for her now trademarked "Bump Bowl" project to put her new skills in...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - May 20, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Newborns Pose In Plaster Casts Of Their Moms' Pregnant Bellies
Jocelyn Conway takes an original approach to newborn photos.
Since February 2015, the U.K. photographer has been taking pictures of babies in "bump bowls" -- plaster casts of their mothers' pregnant bellies.
"I love the idea of the baby being back in its bump for a photo!" Conway told The Huffington Post. "The babies usually love being back in their casts! They seem to settle straight back in to their 'home' for the last nine months! It's lovely to see!"
The photographer took a body casting course five years ago, and eventually came up with the idea for her now trademarked "Bump Bowl" project to put her new skills in...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 20, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hiker Happens Upon Prehistoric Footprint Of 230-Million-Year-Old Reptile
It's a trek that they'll never forget.
A hiker walking in hills near Barcelona, northeastern Spain, stumbled upon a fossilized footprint believed to belong to a reptile-like ancestor of the dinosaurs. The extinct creature, called Isochirotherium, roamed the Earth during the Middle Triassic period some 230 million years ago.
It's the "best preserved print ever found in the Iberian Peninsula," reports the Spanish news agency EFE.
Catalonia's autonomous regional government confirmed the find on Monday. It was discovered near Olesa de Montserrat, 25 miles north of Barcelona, on Apr. 22.
Olesa de Montserrat...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - May 3, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
