Getting a Leg Over

Apologies for the somewhat non-sensical blogpost title, but how else could we follow up An Easy Way To Get Plastered?

You’ll remember that George Douros (from the Austin in Melbourne and edteaching.com) shared with us all the Austin”s innovative template-based approach to improving upper limb plasters. Having used the templates myself, I was impressed. But upper limbs are easy… the lower limbs are where we earn our money.

George got together with his ortho team and plaster tech extraordinaire John Kinealy (based at the Western Hospital in Melbourne) to figure out a systematic approach to plastering the lower limb. The end result: two great instructional videos.

First, the below knee back and U slab:

Second, the above knee back and U slab:

And here are the wall poster pdfs for the lower limb plasters:

• cam walker
• zimmer knee brace
• above knee back and u slab
• below knee back and u slab

Finally, don’t forget to (re)visit the upper limb plaster template approach in An Easy Way To Get Plastered?, and let us know if you’ve instituted the system in your department.