I just want to show you some of the tools that you probably have in your cast room already and if you don't maybe you might want to consider getting and we're going to do this on DVD just as we would do it at our casting workshops if you are in attendance in person first of all let's start off with scissors should have all different types of scissors. Here is a Fisker scissor, and we use this just for stocking net. We don't use this near patients. It's very pointy. And we want to make sure this doesn't get used near a patient, but it's used to cut our stocking nets.
Then we have other types of scissors. This is from Santec and this is made in Germany and it's a super sharp scissor. It lasts forever.
All you do is have to take care of it and about once a year send it back for sharpening and you'll have them forever. And they come in all types of sizes. That's one. Here's another size you may consider.
Here's something else. This is sort of a bandage scissor, and you can use this for your gauze bandages. Here's another type of casting scissor that you may want to use.
This cuts off... casts and we can cut material with this. These types of scissors, I don't like to cut synthetic casting tape.
You can chip the bevel of the blade. I rather just cut the stocking end on the patient. the padding on a patient, but when we do have to cut the heavier casting materials, we can use this type scissor.
And you can see this is a much heavier duty scissor. Some other things you might want to consider is a curved scissor. We have these curved scissors. They're really good for going in the bend of the elbow and at the dorsum of the foot leading into the ankle. Of course, you have your cast spreaders.
Everybody knows about those. Everybody has a few pair of those in their casting room. You might want to consider having a tape measure.
Doctor says he wants it six inches above that particular part. You measure six inches above that particular part. You might want to have some marking pens.
You might want to have a goniometer. You can measure the angle, the knee, measure the angle, the ankle. Doctor wants 90 degrees, you have proof of 90 degrees. Something you might want to consider also is a box cutter.
Why? Because you don't have to use your scissors to open up the boxes. You don't want to ruin the blades on the cardboard. Some other things to consider, EMT scissor as well.
This is also good for cutting heavier duty casting material I try not to use this next to a patient because I think this is a little bit too thick to go underneath the cast you might not want to use it underneath the cast also you might want for your cast blades type of wrenches and this one comes with the cast saw and again here's our cast saw You might want something like this. Now this does not have a vacuum. I would make sure you buy cast saws with vacuums. You want to keep the dust down. You want to keep your blade nice and sharp.
We have a brand new blade in here. You want to keep them nice and sharp. The sharper the blade, the easier the cast comes off, the less heat the blade produces, and the patient feels a little bit better that way. Another thing you might want. is a zip stick.
This goes underneath the cast and we're going to show you a way of using it that's a little bit different so you don't get it as dirty as you normally would. Remember the patient comes back about six weeks in the cast. Sometimes the hair is growing into the stocking net and to put this next to the patient's skin you get a lot of bacteria, a lot of pinching of the hair.
By putting it in between the padding and the stocking net, we'll show you that technique. It's a lot more comfortable for the patient.