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• Cast or Splint Care (Fraser Health) [English] Public

  

  A cast or splint supports and protects an injured part of your body. The cast or splint keeps the injured area from moving, so it can heal faster. How long you need the cast or splint depends on the type of injury. (English) Colour

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  English (254319), Chinese - Traditional (262791), Chinese - Simplified (262790), Punjabi (262788), Vietnamese (262800), Arabic (262787), Korean (262799), Persian - Farsi (262789)

  Printing Cost:

  $0.06 (B&W) $0.36 (Colour)

  Packaging Unit Quantity:

  50

  Printshop Number:

  254319

  Diagnosis and Therapy:

  • Symptoms,
  • Rehabilitation and Recovery

  Disorders and Conditions:

  • Injuries and Wounds

  Keywords:

  • Itching,
  • Fracture,
  • Break,
  • Bones,
  • Plaster,
  • Fiberglass,
  • Splints,
  • Swelling,
  • Itchy,
  • Itchiness,
  • Fractures,
  • Walker,
  • Casts,
  • Cast Care,
  • Leg,
  • Splint,
  • Foot,
  • Non Weight Bearing,
  • Weight Bearing,
  • cast,
  • metal,
  • manufactured,
  • tensor,
  • Air,
  • boot,
  • sprain,
  • dislocation,
  • dislocate,
  • Arm

  MESH:

  • Fractures, Bone,
  • Casts, Surgical,
  • Sprains and Strains,
  • Patient Discharge

  Demographic:

  • All,
  • Children

  Site:

  • Fraser Health

  Program:

  • Emergency

  Professional or Practice Group:

  • Nursing,
  • Medicine

  Adapted From:

  Images used with permission from ‘Cast Care Following Surgery or Orthopedic Treatment’ by Providence Health Care

  Format:

  Factsheet

  Paper Size:

  8.5 x 11 Letter

  Paper Colour:

  White

  Title Page Paper Colour:

  White

  Folding:

  No fold

  Plain Language:

  True

  Reproduction Rights:

  Permission for images given June 2012 by Providence Health Care

  Record Type:

  FHA

  Revision Date:

  October 05, 2012

  Next Revision Date:

  June 07, 2015

  Record Created:

  June 07, 2012

  Record Modified:

  April 15, 2021

  References:

  Cast Care (2007), Fraser Health Cast Care Following Surgery or Orthopedic Treatment (June 2012), PHC Caring for your cast at home .224.C277(Sept 2007), VCH (http://vch.eduhealth.ca/PDFs/FB/FB.224.C277.pdf) Fractures/Cast Care - ER FB.224.F841(Oct 2011), VCH (http://vch.eduhealth.ca/PDFs/FB/FB.224.F841.pdf)

  Packaging Unit Quantity:

  50

  Impressions:

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