Rather than just plain white plaster, our fiberglass casting material comes in 10 different colors. Upping the Fun FactorĬasts have come a long way in the past few decades.
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Cleaning the elements (chlorine, salt, dirt, etc.) out of the cast helps reduce the risk of skin irritation.Īs with any cast, there are other care recommendations to follow, which our ortho techs review with each patient and family at the time of casting. A waterproof cast should be rinsed with clean tap water after swimming in a chlorinated pool, salt water, lake, or river.The material could stick to the skin if it doesn’t get wet daily. It is recommended that you get a waterproof cast wet every day.There are two important things to remember when caring for a waterproof cast:
(In this case, we try splinting the fracture for a bit longer once the wounds are healed, then we put on the cast.) And we use traditional casts on patients who have had a prior allergy to waterproof casting material. One is when open skin wounds are present at the area that needs to be casted. There are a few cases in which we don’t apply waterproof casts. We now use them almost exclusively because of that. In addition to waterproof casts being great in the summer, we have discovered they also work really well in the winter, because it’s so easy for kids to take baths and showers with them on. No prep time is needed before bathing or showering, since it’s not necessary to cover the cast to keep it from getting wet.Because the child can bathe regularly, he or she stays cleaner, and so does the cast.Oftentimes a child in a cast can return to playing certain sports while wearing the cast. (Note: This also means they’re generally not as stinky as traditional casts!) Waterproof casts don’t harbor mildew and bacteria the way traditional casts do.
#FIBERGLASS CAST COLOURS PLUS#
Waterproof casts offer all the benefits of traditional casting plus some additional benefits of being waterproof: That material is made of a special material that doesn’t absorb water. The secret to waterproof casts is in the first layer-the one that comes in direct contact with the skin.
What’s Great About Waterproof?Ĭasts are made up of two layers-a soft inner layer, and a hard outer shell (which used to be made of plaster and now is typically made of fiberglass). And they’re so good at it that they’re often asked to train others on their methods. But, driven by our desire to satisfy our patients, we worked through those challenges and now have a staff of 16 orthopaedic cast technicians (ortho techs) who are trained at applying this type of cast. There can be difficulties in putting on waterproof casts versus traditional casts. It used to be that a cast could rob a child of almost an entire summer because the cast wasn’t allowed to get wet.īut waterproof casts have changed all that.Ĭincinnati Children’s was one of the first hospitals to start using waterproof casts because we saw immediately that they grabbed the interest of parents. That’s because kids are playing outside more (that’s a good thing!), but they’re also generally playing harder and are more prone to accidents and injuries that result in broken bones.Ībout 30 years ago when waterproof casts were first developed, we knew they were a great idea for the summer months. Every summer in the Division of Orthopaedics we know to count on one thing: The warmer it gets, the more fractures-or broken bones-we see, and the more casts we apply.
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